Roman Political Thought: From Cicero to Augustine

Author : Dean Hammer (Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania)

Paperback

Published : Thursday 20 September 2018

ISBN : 9780521124089

Price : €29.24

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Roman Political Thought: From Cicero to...

by Dean Hammer (Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania)

Paperback

20 Sep 2018

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This is the first comprehensive treatment of the political thought of the Romans. Through chapters on Cicero, Lucretius, Sallust, Virgil, Livy, Seneca, Tacitus, Marcus Aurelius, and Augustine, and discussions of Polybius, the Stoics, Epicurus, and Epictetus, Hammer argues that the Romans engaged in a penetrating reflection on politics.

Roman Political Thought is the first comprehensive treatment of the political thought of the Romans. Dean Hammer argues that the Romans were engaged in a wide-ranging and penetrating reflection on politics. The Romans did not create utopias. Instead, their thinking was relentlessly shaped by their own experiences of violence, the enormity and frailty of power, and an overwhelming sense of loss of the traditions that oriented them to their responsibilities as social, political, and moral beings. However much the Romans are known for their often complex legal and institutional arrangements, the power of their political thought lies in their exploration of the extra-institutional, affective foundations of political life. The book includes chapters on Cicero, Lucretius, Sallust, Virgil, Livy, Seneca, Tacitus, Marcus Aurelius, and Augustine, and discussions of Polybius, the Stoics, Epicurus, and Epictetus.

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