Summa et Perfecta Gloria: Cicero on Ambition, Reputation, and Care for Future Human Beings

Among Roman philosophers, none considers what glory is, what uses it has, and how it fits in to his own life (and the lives of others desiring to be good) more carefully than Cicero. Cicero’s De gloria (On Glory), a philosophical treatise on glory, is mentioned by Cicero and ancient sources, and was...

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Main Author: Dutmer, Evan (Author)
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Published: Peeters 2022
In: Ethical perspectives
Year: 2022, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-31
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Cicero, Marcus Tullius 106 BC-43 BC / Glory / Virtue / Legacy
RelBib Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
NCA Ethics
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