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Reading Cicero's Final Years - Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century - with two Epilogues (Hardcover)
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Reading Cicero's Final Years - Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century - with two Epilogues (Hardcover)
Series: CICERO
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This volume contributes to the ongoing scholarly debate regarding
the reception of Cicero. It focuses on one particular moment in
Cicero's life, the period from the death of Caesar up to Cicero's
own death. These final years have shaped Cicero's reception in an
special way, as they have condensed and enlarged themes that his
life stands for: on the positive side his fight for freedom and the
republic against mighty opponents (for which he would finally be
killed); on the other hand his inconsistency in terms of political
alliances and tendency to overestimate his own influence. For that
reason, many later readers viewed the final months of Cicero's life
as his swan song, and as representing the essence of his life as a
whole. The fixed scope of this volume facilitates an analysis of
the underlying debates about the historical character Cicero and
his textual legacy (speeches, letters and philosophical works)
through the ages, stretching from antiquity itself to the present
day. Major themes negotiated in this volume are the influence of
Cicero's regular attempts to anticipate his later reception; the
question of whether or not Cicero showed consistency in his
behaviour; his debatable heroism with regard to republican freedom;
and the interaction between philosophy, rhetoric and politics.
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