Author: Marrou, Camille
Title: Inv. 2, 17-25 and the expression of “emotion” in Latin
Review/Collection: «Ciceroniana On Line» VIII, 2, 2024
Editor: Société internationale des Amis de Cicéron & Centro di Studi Ciceroniani
Year edition: 2024
Pages: 659-681
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: This papers offers a detailed analysis of inv. 2, 17-25 as a key text for the study of Latin philosophical vocabulary. These lines constitute one of the first passages of Roman technical prose in which precise terms are used to designate « emotions », and thus potentially translate the Greek word πάθος. My main argument is that Cicero’s choice of words (impulsio, perturbatio, commotio) reflects his stance in the Hellenistic debate over the nature of emotion; this stance, which is based on a cinetic metaphor, will be furthered refined in later philosophical dialogues (fin., Tusc.) [Author].
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/11652/9561
Author initials: Marrou 2024
Title: Inv. 2, 17-25 and the expression of “emotion” in Latin
Review/Collection: «Ciceroniana On Line» VIII, 2, 2024
Editor: Société internationale des Amis de Cicéron & Centro di Studi Ciceroniani
Year edition: 2024
Pages: 659-681
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: This papers offers a detailed analysis of inv. 2, 17-25 as a key text for the study of Latin philosophical vocabulary. These lines constitute one of the first passages of Roman technical prose in which precise terms are used to designate « emotions », and thus potentially translate the Greek word πάθος. My main argument is that Cicero’s choice of words (impulsio, perturbatio, commotio) reflects his stance in the Hellenistic debate over the nature of emotion; this stance, which is based on a cinetic metaphor, will be furthered refined in later philosophical dialogues (fin., Tusc.) [Author].
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/11652/9561
Author initials: Marrou 2024
