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Cicero Philosophico-Politicus: Glory, Friendship, Utopia

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This dissertation is about three of Cicero’s notable projects in ideal theory in his middle and late periods (between roughly 54-43 BCE). It comes during a resurgence in interest in Cicero’s contributions as a philosopher. First, I discuss Cicero’s philosophical account of vera gloria (true glory) in contradistinction to mere...

Keyword:

Cicero, Ideal theory, Plato, Glory, Retrospective, and Utopia

Subject:

Philosophy and Classical studies

Creator:

Dutmer, Evan Robert William

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/12/2020

Date Created:

2019-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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etdadmin_upload_686428 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14843
Plato's Grounds for Philosophy: The Virtues of Dialectic in the Later Dialogues

Description:

This dissertation consists of three self-standing essays, each of which focuses on a dialogue from Plato's later period. Together, they touch on some of his well-known views in metaphysics and moral psychology, from his theory of forms to his theory of the tripartite soul. But the topic that unifies these...

Keyword:

dialectic, Plato, and philosophical method

Subject:

Philosophy

Creator:

Tushar Irani

Owner:

Jason Christ Chandra

Date Uploaded:

09/16/2018

Date Modified:

09/16/2018

Date Created:

2008-08-06

Resource Type:

Dissertation