{"product_id":"recovering-the-ancient-view-of-founding-a-commentary-on-ciceros-de-legibus-9780739134184","title":"Recovering the Ancient View of Founding: A Commentary on Cicero's de Legibus","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Timothy W. Caspar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecovering the Ancient View of Founding\u003c\/i\u003e questions the consensus view of contemporary scholars who view Cicero as an eclectic and unoriginal political thinker. For them, \u003ci\u003eDe Legibus\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the most striking example of this eclecticism. They say that Cicero claims a universal ground for laws that would restore the political privileges of his own aristocratic class. Yet Timothy Caspar shows that Cicero offers a unified, coherent, and original teaching about politics whose aim is justice for the entire republic, not just a part of it. Contrary to the prevailing view, Cicero does not embrace but rejects Stoicism-and any philosophy that culminates in a community of the wise-as a standard for politics. Instead, nature serves as the foundation of Cicero's laws, and he elucidates a political standard grounded in nature and applicable to all citizens. Thus, the law codes of \u003ci\u003eDe Legibus\u003c\/i\u003e are not only in harmony with but required by Cicero's natural law principles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaspar's \u003ci\u003eRecovering the Ancient View of Founding\u003c\/i\u003e is a reinterpretation of a key work of ancient Roman political philosophy and belongs on the bookshelf of anyone interested in philosophy, politics, or ancient Rome.","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47603524632727,"sku":"9780739134184","price":12067.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780739134184.webp?v=1775015888","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/recovering-the-ancient-view-of-founding-a-commentary-on-ciceros-de-legibus-9780739134184","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}