The Philosophical Redefinition of Terms State, Citizen and Exile in the Cicero’s Stoic Paradoxes Cover Image

Filozofická redefinícia pojmov štát, občan a vyhnanec v Cicerónovom spise Paradoxa stoicorum
The Philosophical Redefinition of Terms State, Citizen and Exile in the Cicero’s Stoic Paradoxes

Author(s): Peter Fraňo
Subject(s): Epistemology, Political Philosophy, Civil Society, Ancient Philosphy
Published by: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: Marcus Tullius Cicero; Stoic Paradoxes; Publius Clodius Pulcher; Stoicism; Stoic Sage; Exile; Citizen;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the analysis of Cicero’s redefinition of three political terms – state, citizen, exile – in the ‘Paradoxon IV’ (Cic. Parad. 27-32). Cicero in these chapters attacks against Publius Clodius Pulcher and dwells on the theme of his own exile. By stoic philosophical practices is here Clodius depicted as an enemy, non-citizen and Cicero as a stoic sage and ideal citizen. The study shows that philosophical elements are applicable to the political and rhetorical discourses and can be combined.

  • Issue Year: 22/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 292-301
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Slovak
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