Author: East, Katherine A.
Title: Radical Readings of Ciceronian Dialogue in Early Eighteenth-Century England
Review/Collection: in Hahmann, Andree & Vazquez, Michael, Cicero as Philosopher - New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy, De Gruyter, 2025, 412 p.
Place edition: Berlin Boston
Editor: De Gruyter
Year edition: 2025
Pages: 329-346
Keywords: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Katherine East focuses on theological debates in early eighteenth century England, where Cicero’s authority and sympathy were claimed by the Freethinking radicals and their opponents. By examining disputes about the immortality of the soul, East demonstrates that the Ciceronian dialogue became an arena within which philosophical debates of the period took place, foreshadowing contemporary debates about ascertaining Cicero’s true philosophical views. While Cicero’s readers may have had polemical and self-interested aims in mind, there was widespread appreciation for Cicero the philosopher and for the philosophical tools he used [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 9].
Author initials: East 2025
Title: Radical Readings of Ciceronian Dialogue in Early Eighteenth-Century England
Review/Collection: in Hahmann, Andree & Vazquez, Michael, Cicero as Philosopher - New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy, De Gruyter, 2025, 412 p.
Place edition: Berlin Boston
Editor: De Gruyter
Year edition: 2025
Pages: 329-346
Keywords: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Katherine East focuses on theological debates in early eighteenth century England, where Cicero’s authority and sympathy were claimed by the Freethinking radicals and their opponents. By examining disputes about the immortality of the soul, East demonstrates that the Ciceronian dialogue became an arena within which philosophical debates of the period took place, foreshadowing contemporary debates about ascertaining Cicero’s true philosophical views. While Cicero’s readers may have had polemical and self-interested aims in mind, there was widespread appreciation for Cicero the philosopher and for the philosophical tools he used [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 9].
Author initials: East 2025
