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"Was Atticus an Epicurean?"

Gilbert, Nathan

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Sergio Yona
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Gregson Davis
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Abstract

This chapter claims that Atticus offers a fruitful case study of Epicureanism in the late Republic and can thereby contribute to broader questions of philosophical allegiance in the ancient world. There has, of course, been valuable discussion of philosophical allegiance in recent years. A reconsideration of Atticus’ Epicureanism will fruitfully extend these debates precisely because he is a not a perfect fit for any of these categories. He was not a professional philosopher; in any case, it is dangerous to assume that the thunderings of Lucretius or Philodemus on the Epicurean wise man map reliably onto the complexities of life, especially in the case of Atticus.

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Gilbert, N. (2022). "Was Atticus an Epicurean?". In S. Yona, & G. Davis (Eds.), Epicurus in Rome: Philosophical Perspectives in the Ciceronian Age (55-71). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108954402.005

Online Publication Date Jan 13, 2022
Publication Date 2022-01
Deposit Date Mar 8, 2017
Publicly Available Date Aug 3, 2022
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 55-71
Book Title Epicurus in Rome: Philosophical Perspectives in the Ciceronian Age
Chapter Number 4
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108954402.005
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1669190
Contract Date Nov 30, 2018

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