The difficult mediation. Cicero, Platonic ideas and Phidias, between Antiochus and Philo
Abstract
In this article, I aim primarily to analyse two Ciceronian passages concerning the Platonic theory of Ideas. The first, taken from the Cato Maior, offers an example of the distinctive theoretical constellation in which the doctrine of Ideas forms an integral part of Cicero’s reworking. The second, drawn from the Orator, allows for a closer examination of another application of the same Platonic theory within Cicero’s thought: the “eidetic” interpretation of artistic creation. In this context, it will be proposed that Cicero attempts a reconciliation between Philo of Larissa’s emphasis on rhetoric and Antiochus of Ascalon’s reception of the theory of Ideas
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