HoP 071 - Rhetorical Questions - Cicero

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Society & Culture:philosophy

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🗓️ 11 March 2012

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Cicero, inspired by the skepticism of the New Academy, uses his literary talents to present the wisdom of the Greeks

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0:00.0	Do you?
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0:10.0	do you do you do you Hi, I'm Peter Adamson, and you're listening to the History of Philosophy podcast, brought to you with the support of King's College London and the Lever Hume Trust online at
0:24.9	www. History of Philosophy.net.
0:29.1	Today's episode, Rhetorical Questions.
0:32.8	Cicero.
0:35.8	Julius Caesar was a man who was used to getting his own way.
0:39.8	So when another man, Quintus Laguarius, took sides against Caesar in a war in Africa, he had
0:46.1	him hauled into court so that Ligarius could be executed.
0:50.7	This seemed a foregone conclusion.
0:53.0	Caesar had already seized unchallenged power as dictator for life over the Romans.
0:59.0	But Caesar had not reckoned with the defense counsel, who was a man of considerable eloquence.
1:04.0	The defense counsel launched into a speech in exoneration of Ligarius, which we can still read today.
1:10.0	The speech admitted that Ligarius was on the ground in Africa, but argued strenuously
1:16.5	that he had done nothing to oppose Caesar's will.
1:21.0	As the speech continued, Caesar began to shake with anger, outraged that the outcome was being thrown into doubt by this upstart lawyer.
1:30.0	In the end, Ligarius was acquitted.
1:33.0	As for Caesar, on this occasion, he came, he saw, and he was conquered.
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