Academic eloquence and the end of Cicero's De finibus

Alexander George Long

doi:10.5840/ancientphil201535110

Academic eloquence and the end of Cicero's De finibus

Alexander George Long

School of Classics

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The paper considers why the structure of Cicero’s De Finibus implicitly favours the Academy, even though Cicero avoids a decision between the Stoic theory and Antiochus’ theory. Cicero’s educational aims require him to illustrate not only a range of theories but a range of criteria by which theories and the exposition of theories should be judged. By one criterion – style of exposition – the entire Academic tradition, not Antiochus specifically, is endorsed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-198
Journal	Ancient Philosophy
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5840/ancientphil201535110
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2015

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