CICERO AND PHILOSOPHY AS TEXT
Dougal Blyth
Philosophy for Cicero implies not only a way of life taught orally in school but also reading and writing. This foreshadows his influence on the later Latin tradition, which identified philosophy with meaning evaluation texts, ultimately replaced its conception as an autonomous life. I propose four factors Cicero’s influence: initiating tradition philosophical prose; developing vocabulary; choice rhetorical over dialectical mode; locating discussion context libraries, book production.
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