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Cicero Among the Stars: Natural Philosophy and Astral Culture at RomeSimone, Ashley January 2020 (has links)
This dissertation examines Cicero’s contribution to the rise of astronomy and astrology in the literary and cultural milieu of the late Republic and early Empire. Chapter One, “Rome’s Star Poet,” examines how Cicero conceives of world building through words to connect Rome to the stars with the Latin language. Through a close study of the Aratea, I consider how Cicero’s pioneering of Latin astronomical language influenced other writers, especially his contemporaries Lucretius and Catullus. In Chapter Two, “The Stars and the Statesman,” I examine Cicero’s attitudes towards politics. By analyzing Scipio’s Dream and astronomy in De re publica, I show how Cicero uses cosmic models to yoke Rome to the stars. To understand the astral dimensions of Cicero’s philosophy, in Chapter Three, “Signs and Stars, Words and Worlds,” I provide a close reading of Cicero’s poetic quotations in context in the De natura deorum and De divinatione to show how Cicero puts the Aratean cosmos to the test in Academic fashion. Ultimately, I argue that Cicero profoundly shaped the Roman view of the stars and cemented the link between cosmos and empire.
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Cicero, rhetoric, and empire /Steel, C. E. W. January 2001 (has links)
Originally presented as the author's D.Phil thesis, Corpus Christi College Oxford, 1995-1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-245) and indexes.
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Cicero : 'haruspex' vicissitudinum mutationisque rei publicae : a study of Cicero's merit as political analystSchneider, Maridien 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to explore Marcus Tullius Cicero's awareness and
interpretation of contemporary political events as reflected in his private correspondence
during the last years of both the Roman republic and his own life. Cicero's
correspondence gives a detailed view of current political events in Rome and constitutes,
with Caesar's own narrative, our major contemporary evidence for the circumstances of
the civil war of 49 BC.
The dissertation takes as Leitmotiv Cicero's own judgement of the state as 'sacrificial
victim' to the ambitions of individual politicians, with as metaphor his examination of a
'dying' body politic in the manner of a haruspex inspecting the entrails of a sacrificial
animal. It poses the question whether Cicero understood the message of political decline
signalled by the 'entrails' of the 'carcass' of the res publica, and whether this ability in its
turn enabled him to anticipate future political development in Rome.
In what follows, the theoretical input of Cicero's predecessors, their perceptions of
constitutional development, and of Roman politics in particular, as well as Cicero's own
perception of their political theories will be considered in order to determine the extent of
Cicero's awareness of a larger pattern of political events, and how consistent he was in
his analyses of such patterns, that is, to what extent Cicero may be considered seriously
as a political analyst. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die oogmerk van die verhandeling is om vas te stel of Marcus Tullius Cicero met reg
daaop kan aanspraak maak dat hy eietydse politieke gebeure sinvol kon interpreteer as die
manifestering van 'n nuwe politieke stroming wat die voorkoms van die toekomstige
Romeinse politieke toneel sou bepaal.
Cicero se waarneming en begrip van eietydse politieke gebeure in die laaste paar jaar van
die Romeinse Republiek en sy eie lewe word tekenend weerspieël in sy persoonlike
briefwisseling uit die tydperk 51 tot 43 v.C. As historiese dokument bied hierdie
korrespondensie, as primêre bronmateriaal, naas die behoue kontemporêre beriggewing
van Julius Caesar, die enigste ander kontemporêre getuienis vir die uitbreek en nadraai
van die burgeroorlog van 49 v.C.
Die sentrale tema van die verhandeling is Cicero se persepsie van die Romeinse staat as
die 'slagoffer' van magsugtige politieke rolspelers. Cicero se rol as waarnemer en
politieke analis word uitgebeeld deur die metafoor van 'n haruspex (profeet) wat die
'ingewande' van die 'karkas' van die gestorwe Romeinse Republiek ondersoek. Die
kernvraag wat gestel word is, of Cicero inderdaad daartoe in staat was om die boodskap
van politieke verandering raak te lees, die implikasies daarvan te begryp en daarvolgens
'n beredeneerde toekomsprojeksie van die Romeinse politieke toneel te maak.
Om te bepaal of Cicero meriete verdien as 'n politieke analis, word die volgende kriteria
as toetsstene gebruik: die teoretiese insette van Cicero se voorgangers en sy beheersing
van sodanige politieke teoretisering, die mate waarin hy konsekwent en objektief kon
oordeel, en die mate waarin hy teorie en die praktiese werklikheid van die Romeinse
politieke situasie kon integreer.
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Cicero, rhetoric, and empireSteel, C. E. W. January 2001 (has links)
Originally presented as the author's D. Phil thesis, Corpus Christi College Oxford, 1995-1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-245) and indexes.
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Philosophe et augure recherches sur la théorie cicéronienne de la divination /Guillaumont, François. January 1984 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), 1981. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-204) and index.
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Cicero's concordia : the promotion of a political concept in the late Roman republicTemelini, Mark A. January 2002 (has links)
The aim of this dissertation is to explain the meaning of concordia surveying the historical context in which it emerged. The thesis concentrates on the period 63--43 B.C. because it is in this crucial period that the concept achieves its most articulate and influential defence by the Roman orator, statesman, and philosopher, Marcus Tullius Cicero. My intention is to review the important writings and speeches of Cicero and to situate them in the political struggles in which he was implicated. / By placing the concept of concordia in this political context, a clearer picture emerges than is available in the current literature about how Cicero promoted, defended, and skillfully redefined the concept of concordia in order to achieve his political aims. What emerges are three identifiable meanings of the concept of concordia . The first is the longstanding conventional Roman republican idea of concordia as unity, friendship, and agreement. The second is what Cicero called the concordia ordinum, an innovative idea of concordia as a harmony or coalition of the two Roman orders of the senate and equites. The third is the idea of concordia as a consensus omnium bonorum---what Cicero called concordia civium or concordia civitatis . This idea represents an important shift in the thinking of the Roman orator who began to see the survival of the republic as depending on a consensus that went beyond the coalition of the senate and equites.
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Divine and sublime creativity : a comparison of Schenkerian and Ciceronian principlesMansoori-Dara, Reva 11 1900 (has links)
As is clear from the title, this thesis presents a comparison of Schenkerian
and Ciceronian principles. The thesis will focus mainly on the characteristics of
the creative process essential for producing a sublime and intellectual work.
Admittedly comparing a Roman lawyer/philosopher (Cicero) to a 20th century
musician/theorist (Schenker) will bring forth many obstacles and will suffer from
numerous imperfections. Stressing the commonalties between two men of time
frames too far apart is an arduous task. I found it most helpful to go about this
problem through three stages: first, by presenting an overview of the lives,
historical circumstances, and careers of the two mentioned figures; second, by
presenting a basic comparison of the two branches of thought; and third, by
dealing with some of the more complicated philosophical issues for a better
understanding of the two doctrines.
Since many of the Schenkerian and Ciceronian principles are heavily
rooted in Platonism, an overview of Plato's theory of 'forms and ideas' is
presented to guide the reader toward a better grasp of the concepts. The reader
may, however, be uncertain regarding the objective of this thesis: is this a
comparison of the two philosophies or an evaluation of them? Of course, in order
to achieve a satisfactory comparison, one must first understand the two
philosophies; this demands an explicit analysis which, in my view, is a form of
evaluation. I have also shown and questioned some of the ambiguities of the two
philosophies without offering any solutions. This will perhaps help the reader to
understand the path I had to take in completing this thesis. I have included these
philosophical remarks in the endnotes. Furthermore, Schenkerian philosophy
reveals many other important influences other than Platonism; although not the
focus of this thesis, numerous references to great thinkers such as Nietzsche,
Spinoza, Hanslick, and Freud illustrate this point.
Much of the presented bibliographical material on the life of Cicero can be
found in the On the Commonwealth and On the Laws. Furthermore, Michael B.
Fuster's Masters of Political Thought has been used as a source of reference for a
great portion of the philosophical interpretations.
Much of what I have presented on Schenker and Schenkerian literature has
been gathered through my studies and conversations with Dr. Benjamin, my
advisor: the most reliable source with whom I am acquainted. This is perhaps the
reason for not including any other philosophical writings on Schenkerian
literature in the bibliography.
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Kann Fabius bei einer Seeschlacht sterben? die Geschichte der Logik des Kontingenzproblems von Aristoteles, De interpretatione 9 bis Cicero, De fatoKreter, Fabian January 2005 (has links)
Zugl.: Bochum, Univ., Diss., 2005/2006
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Die griechischen Übersetzungen lateinischer Autoren durch Maximos PlanudesFodor, Nóra. January 2004 (has links)
Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 2004. / online-publiziert: 2008.
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Ciceros Rede Pro Rabirio Postumo Einleitung und Kommentar /Klodt, Claudia. January 1992 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, 1990/91. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [9]-18).
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