The Stoic tradition from antiquity to the early middle ages. / Volume 1, : Stoicism in classical Latin literature / / by Marcia L. Colish.

• Superior document: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions
• VerfasserIn: Colish, Marcia L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, New York ;, Kobenhavn : : E. J. Brill,, [1990]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 1990
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (471 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: STOICISM IN ANTIQUITY -- I. Historical Introduction -- II. The Teachings of the Stoics -- A) Physics -- 1. Cosmology -- 2. Psychology -- 3. Natural Law, Logoi Spermatikoi, Divination, Theodicy, Free Will -- B) Ethics -- 1. Slavery, Sexual Equality -- 2. The Cosmopolis, the Active and Contemplative Life, Friendship -- 3. Vice and Virtue, The Passions, Apatheia -- C) Logic -- 1. Theory of Knowledge -- 2. Dialectic, the Categories -- 3. Language, Grammar, Literary Theory -- CHAPTER TWO: CICERO -- I. Life and Writings -- II. The Critical Background -- III. Rhetorical Theory -- IV. Political Theory -- V. Epistemology -- VI. Theology and Cosmology -- VII. Ethics -- VIII. Conclusion -- CHAPTER THREE: THE SATIRISTS -- I. Horace -- II. Persius -- III. Juvenal -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE EPIC POETS -- I. Vergil -- II. Lucan -- III. Statius -- IV. Silius Italicus -- CHAPTER FIVE: HISTORIANS, LESSER POETS, SCHOLIASTS, PEDAGOGUES AND ENCYCLOPEDISTS -- I. The Historians -- A) Sallust -- B) Livy -- C) Tacitus -- II. Minor Poets: Manilius -- III. The Scholiasts -- A) Servius -- B) Macrobius -- IV. The Grammarians -- A) Varro -- B) Nigidus Figulus -- C) Lesser and Later Grammarians -- V. Rhetoricans, Dialecticians, and other Pedagogues -- A) Quintilian -- B) Augustine -- C) Martianus Capella -- D) Cassiodorus -- VI. The Encyclopedists: Aulus Gellius -- CHAPTER SIX: STOICISM IN ROMAN LAW -- I. Historiographical Introduction -- II. The Development of Roman Jurisprudence -- III. Definitions of Abstract Legal Principles -- IV. Legal Principles in Practice -- V. Legal Reforms -- VI. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Bibliographical Addendum -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- Errata.