Cicero on the Emotions

Tusculan Disputations 3 and 4

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Margaret Graver

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Chicago University Press
03 February 2002

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Psychological theory & schools of thought

The third and fourth books of Cicero's Tusculan Disputations deal with the nature and management of human emotion: first grief, then the emotions in general. In lively and accessible style, Cicero presents the insights of Greek philosophers on the subject, reporting the views of Epicureans and Peripatetics and giving a detailed account of the Stoic position, which he himself favors for its close reasoning and moral earnestness. Both the specialist and the general reader will be fascinated by the Stoics' analysis of the causes of grief, their classification of emotions by genus and species, their lists of oddly named character flaws, and by the philosophical debate that develops over the utility of anger in politics and war.

Margaret Graver's elegant and idiomatic translation makes Cicero's work accessible not just to classicists but to anyone interested in ancient philosophy and psychotherapy or in the philosophy of emotion. The accompanying commentary explains the philosophical concepts discussed in the text and supplies many helpful parallels from Greek sources.

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Translated by: Margaret Graver
Imprint: Chicago University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9780226305783
ISBN 10: 0226305783
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 03 February 2002
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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