Cicero: On Fate: & Boethius: The Consolation of PhilosophyIV.5–7 and V (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts) - Softcover

Cicero; Boethius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0856684767 ISBN 13: 9780856684760

Publisher: Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

Cicero and Boethius did more than anyone else to transmit the insights of Greek philosophy to the Latin culture of Western Europe which has played so influential a part in our civilisation to this day. Cicero’s treatise On Fate (De Fato), though surviving only in a fragmentary and mutilated state, records contributions to the discussion of a central philosophical issue, that of free will and determinism, which are comparable in importance to those of twentieth-century philosophers and indeed sometimes anticipate them. Study of the treatise has been hindered by the lack of a combined Latin text and English translation based on a clear understanding of the arguments; R. W. Sharples’ text is intended to meet this need. The last book of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy (Philosophiae Consolationis) is linked with Cicero’s treatise by its theme, the relation of divine foreknowledge to human freedom. Latin text with facing-page English translation, introduction and commentary.

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About the Author

†R.W. Sharples was Professor of Classics at University College London. He published widely on ancient philosophy, especially the Aristotelian tradition (Theophrastus, Alexander of Aphrodisias). His books include 'Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics' (Routledge, 1996), 'Nemesius: On Fate' (Liverpool University Press, 2008), and 'Cicero: On Fate with Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy IV.5–7 and V' and 'Plato: Meno' in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aris & Phillips Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0856684767
• ISBN 13: 9780856684760
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: Latin
• Number of pages: 254