Academic eloquence and the end of Cicero's De finibus
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01/03/2015Author
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Abstract
The paper considers why the structure of Cicero’s De Finibus implicitly favours the Academy, even though Cicero avoids a decision between the Stoic theory and Antiochus’ theory. Cicero’s educational aims require him to illustrate not only a range of theories but a range of criteria by which theories and the exposition of theories should be judged. By one criterion – style of exposition – the entire Academic tradition, not Antiochus specifically, is endorsed.
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Long , A G 2015 , ' Academic eloquence and the end of Cicero's De finibus ' , Ancient Philosophy , vol. 35 , no. 1 , pp. 183-198 . https://doi.org/10.5840/ancientphil201535110
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Ancient Philosophy
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Peer reviewed
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0740-2007Type
Journal article
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© 2015 Mathesis Publications. This work is made available online with permission from the Journal. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.5840/ancientphil201535110
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