Plato and Aristotle at Rome
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Plato and Aristotle at Rome
（Philosophia togata, 2）
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1997
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Papers delivered at a series of seminars on philosophy and Roman society in the University of Oxford which complements the first volume Philosophia togata, published in 1989
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The role of philosophy as a valued and effective part of the culture of civilized Romans has aroused an increasing amount of scholarly interest in recent years. In this volume, which gathers together nine papers delivered at a series of seminars on philosophy and Roman society in the University of Oxford, scholars of classical literature, Roman history, and ancient philosophy investigate the place of Platonism and Aristotelianism in Roman intellectual, cultural, and political life from the second century BC to the third century AD. In addition to chapters on such important figures as Cicero, Varro, Plutarch, Favorinus, Celsus, and Porphyry, the book contains essays on the tradition of Aristotle's library at Rome, the theory of the mixed constitution, and the anonomous commentary on Plato's Theaetetus . It thus forms a complement to Philosophia Togata I which addressed the importance of doctrines of the Hellenistic schools to Roman society during the first century BC. This book is intended for students and scholars of classical studies, Roman history, and ancient philosophy.
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