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Dr Nathan Gilbert's Outputs (9)

"Cicero the philosopher at work: the genesis of De Officiis III" (2023)
Book Chapter
Gilbert, N. (2023). "Cicero the philosopher at work: the genesis of De Officiis III". In N. Gilbert, M. Graver, & S. McConnell (Eds.), Power and Persuasion in Cicero's Philosophy (97-116). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009170352.007

In the chapter I argue that we should set aside the Quellenforschung arguments of Lefèvre and Brunt and Atkins and others and look at what Cicero is up to in book 3, where he aims to fill in a gap left by Panaetius and not followed up by Posidonius.... Read More about "Cicero the philosopher at work: the genesis of De Officiis III".

"Was Atticus an Epicurean?" (2022)
Book Chapter
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

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 phi... Read More about "Was Atticus an Epicurean?".

Cicero’s Philosophical Works (2021)
Book Chapter
Gilbert, N., & McConnell, S. (2021). Cicero’s Philosophical Works. In Classics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0361

Cicero (106–43 BCE) was a Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher. As well as speeches, letters, and rhetorical treatises, Cicero wrote numerous philosophical works. These can be divided into two periods—those written before the civil war between Ju... Read More about Cicero’s Philosophical Works.

"Lucius Saufeius and his lost prehistory of Rome: intellectual culture in the Late Republic" (2019)
Journal Article
Gilbert, N. (2019). "Lucius Saufeius and his lost prehistory of Rome: intellectual culture in the Late Republic". Classical Philology: A Journal Devoted to Research in Classical Antiquity, 14(1), 25-46. https://doi.org/10.1086/701063

THE SCATTERED EVIDENCE FOR the life and activities of Lucius Saufeius allows us to catch glimpses of a colorful, opinionated, and well-connected Roman knight who chose to abstain from political office and instead devoted himself to the cultivation of... Read More about "Lucius Saufeius and his lost prehistory of Rome: intellectual culture in the Late Republic".

"Among Friends: Cicero and the Epicureans" (2015)
Thesis
Gilbert, N. "Among Friends: Cicero and the Epicureans". (Thesis). University of Toronto. https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1647325

In my dissertation I explain Cicero's philosophical works through an analysis of his epistolary interactions and literary rivalries with Roman Epicureans. I argue that this historical and intellectual context reveals how Cicero's overt and consistent... Read More about "Among Friends: Cicero and the Epicureans".