Cicero begins Book 2 with a defense of philosophy, in general and in his own life. With hosts Josh Bowman, Chris Anadale, and Katherine Bradshaw.
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IN THIS EPISODE
Book 2, Chapters 1-8
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INDEX
0:00 Introduction to Episode 27
4:08 Book 2 Ch 1-2, Cicero's Philosophy
14:32 Book 2 Ch 3-4, Personal Reflections on Cicero's Fall from Power
24:06 Book 2 Ch 5-6, Cicero's Defense of Philosophy
31:21 Book 2 ch 7-8, Cicero on Persuasion and Skepticism
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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Cicero in Heaven. https://www.amazon.com/Luthers-Reformation-Andrews-Studies-History/dp/9004355154

https://brill.com/display/title/35809?language=en

Logres Institute. https://www.logresinstitute.org/

Julius Caesar (1953 movie). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045943/

https://diaryofamoviemaniac.wordpress.com/2021/08/06/julius-caesar-1953/

Alan Napier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Napier

Cicero's "Hortensius." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortensius_(Cicero)
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HOSTS
Joshua Bowman is Executive Director of the Ciceronian Society, and earned a PhD in politics from the Catholic University of America.

Christopher Anadale is podcast editor for the Ciceronian Society, and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Katherine L. Bradshaw is a Latin and Greek Fellow with the Ancient Language Institute and a Ph.D. student in Humanities through Faulkner University. She has an M.A. in Classics from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in English from the George Washington University.
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TEXTS
Translation we read from: https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/texts-political-thought/cicero-duties?format=PB&isbn=9780521348355

Another (free) translation: https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/cicero-on-moral-duties-de-officiis
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Music: No. 4 Piano Journey, by Esther Abrami

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• (00:00:00) - Introduction to Episode 27
• (00:04:08) - Book 2 Ch 1-2, Cicero's Philosophy
• (00:14:32) - Book 2 Ch 3-4, Personal Reflections on Cicero's Fall from Power
• (00:24:06) - Book 2 Ch 5-6, Cicero's Defense of Philosophy
• (00:31:21) - Book 2 ch 7-8, Cicero on Persuasion and Skepticism