CLST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Lucretius, Venosa, Lesbia
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The academy: started by plato but gets adapted by aristotle (tutoring people who become hellenistic kings (& alexander the. Great), form of the academy that is going to influencing the romans type of philosophy that hellenistic kings are using and thus have an influence on elite romans: cicero. Advocates of this philosopher, there are no truths but still need to move forward with thinking and evaluate all the of evidence and accept the best position is the one we go with. Going to have a huge impact on roman thinking and. Roman literature as he goes forward more prolific of writers as he writes a lot. Come from italian town, moved there and become a. Senator, originally an outsider often happens with someone new to an organization, traditional in terms of values that should be adhered to in roman elites.