Roman Philosophers

by Morford,Mark

• ISBN13: 9780415188517
• ISBN10: 0415188512
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Mark Morford provides a lively, succinct, and comprehensive survey of the philosophers of the Roman World, from Cato the Censor in 155 BCE to the death of Marcus Aurelius in 180 CE. These men were asking philosophical questions whose answers had practical effects on people's lives in antiquity--and still do today--yet this is an era of philosophy somewhat neglected in recent decades. Morford puts this right by discussing the writings and ideas of numerous famous and lesser-known figures. Using extensive and fully-translated quotations from their works, he illuminates each of the philosopher's meanings within the historical, political, and cultural contexts of their day. This book serves as the ideal introduction to the newcomer to Roman philosophy.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
List of abbreviations	xii
Philosophia Togata	1	(13)
The arrival of the Greek philosophers in Rome	14	(20)
Cicero and his contemporaries	34	(64)
Lucretius and the Epicureans	98	(33)
Philosophers and poets in the Augustan Age	131	(30)
Seneca and his contemporaries	161	(28)
Stoicism under Nero and the Flavians	189	(20)
From Epictetus to Marcus Aurelius	209	(31)
Bibliographical note	240	(2)
Notes	242	(27)
References	269	(9)
Indices
Philosophers named in the text	278	(5)
Passages discussed	283	(2)
General index	285