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THE ROMAN

PHILOSOPHERS

Roman philosophy developed from Greek Hellenistic philosophy,

chiefly of the Academic, Stoic and Epicurean schools. In 155 BCE an

embassy of Athenian philosophers so impressed its Roman audiences

that Roman philosophy can be said to have developed from that event.

Mark Morford makes the huge output of the Roman philosophical

authors (notably Cicero, Lucretius and Seneca) manageable for readers

unfamiliar with the field, quoting extensively from original texts, in

readable and accurate translations. He introduces figures such as

Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, whose names are well known but

whose works can be hard to read, and others including the poets Manil-

ius, Lucan and Persius, and the philosopher Musonius, who were signif-

icant in the tradition of Roman philosophy.

The Roman Philosophers is the ideal route to understanding this

important era in the history of thought.

Mark Morford was Professor of Classics at the University of Vir-

ginia and at Ohio State University. He is the author of books on the

Neostoic scholar Justus Lipsius and the Roman Stoic poets Lucan and

Persius. He is also the co-author of Classical Mythology (1971, 7th edn

2002) and currently teaches and researches at Smith College,

Northampton, Massachusetts.

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THE ROMAN

PHILOSOPHERS

From the time of Cato the Censor to

the death of Marcus Aurelius

Mark Morford

LONDON AND NEW YORK

First published 2002

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.

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ISBN 0-203-45181-3 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-76005-0 (Adobe eReader Format)

ISBN 0-415-18851-2 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-18852-0 (pbk)

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