Confucius and Cicero : : Old Ideas for a New World, New Ideas for an Old World.

• Superior document: Roma Sinica Series ; v.1
• Author: Balbo, Andrea.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ahn, Jaewon.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin/Boston : : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,, 2019.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Roma Sinica Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 pages)

Roma Sinica. Mutual interactions between Ancient Roman and Eastern Thought is an original series in the classical and comparative studies. Strongly supported by the SIAC (International Society of Cicero's friends), it aims to publish works concerning the relationships between Ancient Western and Eastern (Korean, Chinese, Japanese) thought.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Roma Sinica and Confucius and Cicero: extending the boundaries and constructing relationships -- A. General perspectives -- Comparing Confucius and Cicero: Problems and Possibilities -- B. A philosophical approach -- The Private and the Public in the Republic and in the Analects -- Confucian and Daoist, Stoic and Epicurean. Some Parallels in Ways of Living -- Mind, Heaven, and Ritual in the Xunzi -- C. Key texts -- translating Confucius into Latin -- The Latin translations of Confucius' Dialogues (Lun Yu). A comparison of key concepts -- Is Confucius a Sinicus Cicero? -- D. Key concepts: philosophy, literature and culture -- Humanitas: Universalism, equivocation, and basic criterion -- Becoming human(e): Confucius' Way to仁 and the Imitation of Christ in Yi Byeok's Essence of Sacred Doctrine ( 敎 旨 -- Seonggyo yoji) -- Pietas in pro Sexto Roscio of Cicero and Confucian 孝(xiao) -- "Be modest and avoid wastefulness": table manners and beyond from Confucius to Xi Jinping -- E. A final consideration -- Cicero and Confucius: Similitude in Disguise -- General bibliography -- Index of names, main concepts and texts -- Editors and Contributors.