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“Nicgorski has doubtless done something both impressive and praiseworthy in this mature, balanced, and heartfelt book: without recourse to the tired trope of ‘Cicero’s changing views’ (49-50n57), and with admirable interpretive eclecticism combined with wide-ranging erudition … .” (William H.F. Altman, Ancient Philosophy, Vol. 38 (01), 2018)
“Nicgorski makes a convincing case that Cicero does not rank the theoretical way of life over the practical way of life. … For Nicgorski to establish that conclusion in such rich detail—covering the entirety of Cicero’s philosophy, not falling victim to historicism or relativism, not devoting unnecessary effort to tracing Cicero’s sources, displaying an encyclopedic command of secondary material—is a great achievement.” (David Fott, Interpretation – A Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 43 (3), 2017)
“It is unsurprising that this book promises to make a major contribution to the field of Ciceronian studies because Nicgorski is significantly responsible for the existence of the field through his earlier work. In other words, the field would not exist without the willingness to treat Cicero as a serious thinker, and Nicgorski has shown historicist scholars the error of their ways.” (David Fott, Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
“It is not easy to reconcile Cicero's professed Socratic and Academic skepticism with his moral and political self-assurance. But that is exactly what Walter Nicgorski does in this subtle, probing, and balanced book. The discussions of the literature in the extensive notes are true gems of scholarship. This will be the definitive treatment of the issue for some time to come.” (John Christian Laursen, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside, USA)
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Book Title: Cicero’s Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy
Authors: Walter Nicgorski
Series Title: Recovering Political Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58413-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95437-7Published: 10 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58413-7Published: 11 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2524-7166
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7174
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 283
Topics: Political Theory, Political History, Political Philosophy