Cicero compares his use of leisure with that of Publius Scipio. With hosts Chris Anadale, Katherine Bradshaw, Ben Peterson, and Coyle Neal.
-----
IN THIS EPISODE
Book 3, Chapters 1-6
-----
INDEX
0:00 Introduction to Episode 40
1:03 Book 3 Ch 1, Scipio's Leisure
8:07 Book 3 Ch 2-3, Cicero's Leisure
15:01 Book 3 Ch 4, How Scipio is Superior
23:30 Book 3 Ch 5-6, Exhortation to Young Marcus
-----
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Otium (definition). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otium
Carthage Must Be Destroyed (book). https://www.amazon.com/Carthage-Must-Be-Destroyed-Civilization/dp/0143121294
Crisis and Constitutionalism (book). https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Constitutionalism-Political-Republic-Revolution/dp/019995092X
Young Cicero (biography). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero_Minor
-----
HOSTS
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.
Ben Peterson is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Abilene Christianity University, where his research and teaching focus on political theory. He writes about constitutional theory & the institutional implications of differing philosophical and religious foundations. He teaches courses on American government and politics, political science methodology, and political theory, and also contributes essays to publications for a broad audience about public affairs.
Coyle Neal is Associate Professor of Public Service at College of the Ozarks. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Theory from The Catholic University of America and is the author of Echoes of Antiquity. He is also City Tax Collector of Bolivar, Missouri.
-----
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
-----
The Ciceronian Society encourages and equips Christian Scholars as they serve the church. To learn more, visit https://ciceroniansociety.org/
Check out our other Podcast, THE SOWER: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B7f66VCvfZnkwh_UjXjhXEg5P8dUq0q
Music: No. 4 Piano Journey, by Esther Abrami
#cicero #philosophy #ethics
Chapters
- (00:00:00) - Introduction and episode overview
- (00:00:50) - Scipio Africanus on leisure and solitude
- (00:07:35) - Cicero's forced leisure versus Scipio's chosen retreat
- (00:12:40) - Otium, exile, and modern parallels (COVID lockdown)
- (00:14:52) - Scipio's silence versus Cicero's prolific writing
- (00:20:30) - Cicero's productivity and reflections on exile philosophers
- (00:23:20) - Exhortation to Marcus on studying duties
- (00:24:50) - Closing thoughts and Marcus's future
