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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literature ⓘ
dialogue ⓘ
philosophical work series ⓘ
aim to make philosophy accessible to Roman elites ⓘ
to present Greek philosophy in Latin ⓘ
creator Marcus Tullius Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero
features fictional interlocutors ⓘ
historical interlocutors ⓘ
question-and-answer format ⓘ
genre didactic literature ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
historicalContext late Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to: Late Roman Republic
includesWork Academica ⓘ
Cato maior de senectute ⓘ
linked to: Cato the Elder

De divinatione ⓘ
linked to: On Divination

De fato ⓘ
De finibus bonorum et malorum ⓘ
De legibus ⓘ
De natura deorum ⓘ
De officiis ⓘ
De re publica ⓘ
Hortensius ⓘ
Laelius de amicitia ⓘ
Paradoxa Stoicorum ⓘ
Tusculanae disputationes ⓘ
influenced Christian Latin authors ⓘ
Latin philosophical vocabulary ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
Roman intellectual culture ⓘ
influencedBy Academic Skepticism ⓘ
linked to: Skepticism

Aristotle ⓘ
Epicureanism ⓘ
Peripatetic school ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm philosophical dialogue ⓘ
mainTheme Greek philosophy ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
notableInterlocutor Cato the Elder ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
Laelius Sapiens ⓘ
linked to: Laelius

Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ
philosophicalSchoolPresented Academic Skepticism ⓘ
linked to: Skepticism

Epicureanism ⓘ
Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Peripatetic school

Platonism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Roman Republic ⓘ
structure dramatic conversation ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BC ⓘ

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Antiochus of Ascalon → sourceOfInformation → Cicero's philosophical dialogues ⓘ
Philo of Larissa → sourceFor → Cicero’s Academic works ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Tullia Ciceronis → subjectOf → Cicero’s lost work "Consolatio" ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
On the Appropriate → influenced → Cicero’s De Officiis ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
On the Appropriate → knownThrough → Cicero’s reports of Panaetius ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Scipionic Circle → source → Cicero's dialogues ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Prodicus → mentionedIn → Cicero's writings ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Virtus → appearsIn → Cicero's philosophical works ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Anaxarchus → reportedIn → Cicero's works ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
De topicis differentiis → relatedWork → In Ciceronis Topica ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Crantor of Soli → citedBy → Cicero in Academica ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Tullia → mentionedIn → Cicero's philosophical works ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Cicero's villa → mentionedIn → Cicero's philosophical works ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Servius Sulpicius Rufus → mentionedIn → Cicero's philosophical works ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Hortensius → mentionedIn → Cicero's dialogue "De oratore" ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Hortensius → mentionedIn → Cicero's dialogue "De finibus" ⓘ
linked to: Cicero's philosophical dialogues