Author: Fox, Matthew
Title: Rereading De Republica: Popular Philosophy and Historicism
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: 33-62
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Matthew Fox discusses Cicero’s distinctive philosophical methodology, arguing that the publication of De republica constitutes a pivotal moment in the tradition of writing philosophy in Latin. In this work, Fox argues, Cicero articulates a historicizing frame of reference for the practice of philosophy within which the doxographical mode of philosophizing found in the more technical dialogues of the 40s operates. The result is a fresh reading of an influential text that sheds light on the significance of Cicero’s early efforts to popularize philosophy by naturalizing philosophical conversation in a distinctively Roman context [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 5].
Works:
Author initials: Fox 2025
Title: Rereading De Republica: Popular Philosophy and Historicism
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: 33-62
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Matthew Fox discusses Cicero’s distinctive philosophical methodology, arguing that the publication of De republica constitutes a pivotal moment in the tradition of writing philosophy in Latin. In this work, Fox argues, Cicero articulates a historicizing frame of reference for the practice of philosophy within which the doxographical mode of philosophizing found in the more technical dialogues of the 40s operates. The result is a fresh reading of an influential text that sheds light on the significance of Cicero’s early efforts to popularize philosophy by naturalizing philosophical conversation in a distinctively Roman context [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 5].
Works:
Author initials: Fox 2025
