{"product_id":"lattanzio-e-la-virtus-9783112238677","title":"Lattanzio e la ›virtus‹","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume assesses how the Satirist Lucilius (2nd century BC) and the statesman and orator Cicero (1st century BC), in their attempt at integrating \u003cem\u003emos maiorum\u003c\/em\u003e and Greek virtue (ἀρετή), give the opportunity for the apologist Lactantius (3rd-4th century AD) to confront two witnesses of Roman cultural history in the field of “military” and “ethical” \u003cem\u003evirtus\u003c\/em\u003e: he remoulds their assertions through a strongly biased, but deeply conceived reenactment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Div. inst. 6.5.1 ̶ 6.24, Lactantius rejects both the definitions of \u003cem\u003evirtus\u003c\/em\u003e exposed by Lucilius (vv. 1326 ̶ 1338 Marx) and Cicero’s reflections upon the \u003cem\u003eofficia vivendi\u003c\/em\u003e and his notion of \u003cem\u003ehonestum\u003c\/em\u003e (Off. 1.34 ̶ 41): one after the other, they are accordingly involved by the apologist in a vehement attack against the Roman empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy regarding the pre-Christian empire as one based on injustice, Lactantius claims a demand for a restored \u003cem\u003evirtus\u003c\/em\u003e, grounded in \u003cem\u003eagnitione Dei\u003c\/em\u003e. After contrasting Lucilius’s stance about \u003cem\u003ecommoda patriai\u003c\/em\u003e (v. 1337) as the peak of traditional Roman virtue, the apologist stigmatizes its underlying utilitarian ethics, and argues with the interplay between politics, law, and philosophy, on which Cicero allegedly founded the legitimacy of Roman expansionist imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrea Perruccio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48811485987067,"sku":"9783112238677","price":87.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/lattanzio-e-la-virtus-9783112238677","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}