Autore: Stone, Martin
Titolo: Greek Ethics and Roman Statesmen: De Officiis and the Philippics
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : Stevenson,Tom & Wilson, Marcus (Eds.), Cicero's Philippics: History, rhetoric and ideology, Polygraphia, coll. "Prudentia", Auckland, 2008, 374 p.
Anno edizione: 2008
Pagine: 214-239
Parole chiave: Éloquence - Eloquenza - Eloquence, Histoire - Storia - History, Politique - Politica - Politics
Descrizione: Martin Stone shows that Roman reflections of Greek thought on the cardinal virtues of the ideal statesman are not absent from the Philippics. His argument is that Antony's claim to possess the cardinal virtues has dictated Cicero’ strategy of response in the Second and Third Philippics. According to Cicero, the late dictator Caesar did not possess the requisite virtues but he had them more than Antony. The aspiring youth Octavian is set up as a counter to Antony; consequently the virtues claimed by Antony are transferred to the young Caesar. Cicero, then, is ultimately behind the Principate’s obsession with virtues. [Stevenson & Wilson 2008, 9]
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Sigla autore: Stone 2008
Titolo: Greek Ethics and Roman Statesmen: De Officiis and the Philippics
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : Stevenson,Tom & Wilson, Marcus (Eds.), Cicero's Philippics: History, rhetoric and ideology, Polygraphia, coll. "Prudentia", Auckland, 2008, 374 p.
Anno edizione: 2008
Pagine: 214-239
Parole chiave: Éloquence - Eloquenza - Eloquence, Histoire - Storia - History, Politique - Politica - Politics
Descrizione: Martin Stone shows that Roman reflections of Greek thought on the cardinal virtues of the ideal statesman are not absent from the Philippics. His argument is that Antony's claim to possess the cardinal virtues has dictated Cicero’ strategy of response in the Second and Third Philippics. According to Cicero, the late dictator Caesar did not possess the requisite virtues but he had them more than Antony. The aspiring youth Octavian is set up as a counter to Antony; consequently the virtues claimed by Antony are transferred to the young Caesar. Cicero, then, is ultimately behind the Principate’s obsession with virtues. [Stevenson & Wilson 2008, 9]
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Sigla autore: Stone 2008
