Cicero's Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy

by Walter Nicgorski

Book Overview

This book explores Cicero's moral and political philosophy with great attention to his life and thought as a whole. The author "thinks through" Cicero with a close reading of his most important philosophical writings. Nicgorski often resolves apparent tensions in Cicero's thought that have posed obstacles to the appreciation of his practical philosophy. Some of the major tensions confronted are those between his Academic skepticism and apparent Stoicism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349954373
• ISBN13: 9781349954377
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"