Licentia: Cicero on the Suicide of Political Communities

Autore: Nicolay de, René
Titolo: Licentia: Cicero on the Suicide of Political Communities
Rivista/Miscellanea: "Classical Philology", 116, 4
Luogo edizione: Chicago
Editore: The University Chicago Press
Anno edizione: 2021
Pagine: 537-562
Parole chiave: Philologie - Filologia - Philology, Politique - Politica - Politics, Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Descrizione: [Nicolay de, René] [Abstract] This paper studies the term and concept of licentia in the Latin Republican corpus, focusing on Cicero’s political theory. Its first part is a philological analysis of the term. It concludes that in the first century BCE licentia had three core meanings: permission, permission to do wrong, and permissiveness. The second part is a study of the concept licentia in Cicero’s rhetoric and political theory. It shows Cicero’s awareness of the effect of permissions unduly given and permissiveness on the force of social standards at Rome.
Link: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/716083
Sigla autore: Nicolay de 2021