CICERONOVA MISIJA PRENOŠENJA GRČKE FILOZOFIJE NA LATINSKI JEZIK I STVARANJE LATINSKE FILOZOFSKE TERMINOLOGIJE
CICERO’S MISSION OF TRANSFERRING GREEK PHILOSOPHY INTO LATIN LANGUAGE AND THE CREATION OF LATIN PHILOSOPHICAL TERMINOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: Marcus Tullius Cicero is considered to be one of the greatest Roman statesmen and orators, however, this lucid creator’s philosophical writings lie in the shadow of his highly valued speeches, rhetorical writings and letters. He is widely regarded as a politician, lawyer, orator, yet few consider him a philosopher. This seems unjustified, having in mind that he received an outstanding philosophical education, wrote about numerous philosophical subjects, translated and explicated Greek authors and their philosophical doctrine. The goal of this paper is to show Cicero’s contribution to the transfer of Greek philosophy onto Latin soil, illuminate his role in the creation of Latin philosophical terminology, as well as reasons which motivated him to do so. Our subject will be presented from a linguoculturological aspect with the analysis of some of the terms, which Cicero imported into Latin philosophical vocabulary.

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