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Cicero´s De Finibus: Philosophical Approaches
Julia Annas
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Description for Cicero´s De Finibus: Philosophical Approaches
hardcover. Opens up Cicero's work philosophically, taking us deeper into ancient ethical debates and into Cicero's own sceptical stance. Editor(s): Annas, Julia; Betegh, Gabor. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Cicero is increasingly recognised as a highly intelligent contributor to the ongoing ethical debates between Epicureans, Stoics and other schools. In this work on the fundamentals of ethics his learning as a scholar, his skill as a lawyer and his own passion for the truth result in a work which dazzles us in its presentation of the debates and at the same time exhibits the detachment of the ancient sceptic. Many kinds of reader will find themselves engaged with Cicero as well as with the ethical theories he presents. This collection takes the reader further into the debates, opening up ... Read more
Cicero is increasingly recognised as a highly intelligent contributor to the ongoing ethical debates between Epicureans, Stoics and other schools. In this work on the fundamentals of ethics his learning as a scholar, his skill as a lawyer and his own passion for the truth result in a work which dazzles us in its presentation of the debates and at the same time exhibits the detachment of the ancient sceptic. Many kinds of reader will find themselves engaged with Cicero as well as with the ethical theories he presents. This collection takes the reader further into the debates, opening up ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107074835
SKU
V9781107074835
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99-18
About Julia Annas
Julia Annas is Regents Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. She has worked in ancient ethics and in the increasingly large area of contemporary virtue ethics, which has stimulated an interest in ancient ethics other than Aristotle. She wrote the introduction and notes to the recent translation of the De Finibus by Raphael Woolf. Gábor Betegh is Laurence ... Read more
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