Cicero's philosophical dialogues
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Cicero's philosophical dialogues are a series of Latin works in which the Roman orator presents and examines major Greek philosophical schools and ideas through dramatized conversations among historical and fictional interlocutors.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cicero's dialogues | 1 |
| Cicero's philosophical dialogues canonical | 1 |
| Cicero's philosophical works | 1 |
| Cicero's works | 1 |
| Cicero's writings | 1 |
| Cicero’s Academic works | 1 |
| Cicero’s De Officiis | 1 |
| Cicero’s lost work "Consolatio" | 1 |
| Cicero’s reports of Panaetius | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literature
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dialogue ⓘ philosophical work series ⓘ |
| aim |
to make philosophy accessible to Roman elites
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to present Greek philosophy in Latin ⓘ |
| creator | Marcus Tullius Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
fictional interlocutors
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historical interlocutors ⓘ question-and-answer format ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic literature
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philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesWork |
Academica
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Cato maior de senectute NERFINISHED ⓘ De divinatione NERFINISHED ⓘ De fato NERFINISHED ⓘ De finibus bonorum et malorum NERFINISHED ⓘ De legibus NERFINISHED ⓘ De natura deorum NERFINISHED ⓘ De officiis NERFINISHED ⓘ De re publica NERFINISHED ⓘ Hortensius NERFINISHED ⓘ Laelius de amicitia NERFINISHED ⓘ Paradoxa Stoicorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Tusculanae disputationes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian Latin authors
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Latin philosophical vocabulary ⓘ Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman intellectual culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Academic Skepticism
NERFINISHED
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Aristotle ⓘ Epicureanism ⓘ Peripatetic school NERFINISHED ⓘ Plato ⓘ Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Greek philosophy
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epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| notableInterlocutor |
Cato the Elder
NERFINISHED
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Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ Laelius Sapiens NERFINISHED ⓘ Scipio Aemilianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchoolPresented |
Academic Skepticism
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Epicureanism NERFINISHED ⓘ Peripatetic philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | dramatic conversation ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century BC ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
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Cicero’s Academic works
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Cicero’s lost work "Consolatio"
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On the Appropriate
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Cicero’s De Officiis
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On the Appropriate
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Cicero’s reports of Panaetius
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Cicero's dialogues
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Cicero's writings
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Cicero's philosophical works
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Cicero's works