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Intellectual tradition

Greek and Roman traditions

Inquiries into nature, civic life, argument, and the good life that do not reduce to one school.

Thinkers
5
Works
34
Passages
9,681
Concepts
158

Origins, practices, and debates

This entry gathers ancient traditions that do not belong to the main families separated elsewhere in the catalogue. Heraclitus works through compressed tensions, Aristotle builds systematic inquiries, Diogenes tests conventions through a way of life, and Cicero carries several Greek debates into Rome’s political language.

The grouping is a navigation aid, not a historical thesis. Every work page keeps its own attribution, concepts, and conditions of transmission.

Period: Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire

Modern reconstructions

Places, practices, and transmission

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Modern reconstruction of Dictating at Tusculum for Greek and Roman traditions on Prokopton42.com
Dictating at TusculumA modern interpretation of Cicero in the documented context titled “Dictating at Tusculum”, set around 45 BCE.
Modern reconstruction of Rome for Greek and Roman traditions on Prokopton42.com
RomeEducation, law, politics and oratory. The generated scene uses Rome and education-43 BCE as its documented anchors.
Modern reconstruction of Tusculum for Greek and Roman traditions on Prokopton42.com
TusculumVilla and setting for major philosophical composition. The generated scene uses Tusculum and late Republic as its documented anchors.
Modern reconstruction of Cynic provocation in Athens for Greek and Roman traditions on Prokopton42.com
Cynic provocation in AthensA modern interpretation of Diogenes of Sinope in the documented context titled “Cynic provocation in Athens”, set around c. 340 BCE.

Thinkers in this tradition on Prokopton42

Portrait of Cicero on Prokopton42.comCicero106–43 BCEPortrait of Diogenes of Sinope on Prokopton42.comDiogenes of Sinopec. 412–323 BCEPortrait of Aristotle on Prokopton42.comAristotle384–322 BCEPortrait of Stilpo of Megara on Prokopton42.comStilpo of Megarac. 360–c. 280 BCEPortrait of Heraclitus on Prokopton42.comHeraclitusc. 535–c. 475 BCE

Works to read

  1. Eudemian EthicsAristotle · 41 passages
  2. MetaphysicsAristotle · 142 passages
  3. Nicomachean EthicsAristotle · 116 passages
  4. PoeticsAristotle · 26 passages
  5. PoliticsAristotle · 189 passages
  6. RhetoricAristotle · 882 passages
  7. AcademicaCicero · 69 passages
  8. Brutus, or On Eminent OratorsCicero · 334 passages
  9. Catilinarian OrationsCicero · 115 passages
  10. Letters to AtticusCicero · 1,479 passages
  11. Letters to FriendsCicero · 1,342 passages
  12. Letters to QuintusCicero · 198 passages
  13. Lucullus, Book Two of the AcademicaCicero · 148 passages
  14. On DivinationCicero · 284 passages
  15. On DutiesCicero · 371 passages
  16. On EndsCicero · 443 passages
  17. On FateCicero · 48 passages
  18. On FriendshipCicero · 104 passages
  19. On Old AgeCicero · 85 passages
  20. On the OratorCicero · 862 passages
  21. On the LawsCicero · 181 passages
  22. On the Nature of the GodsCicero · 386 passages
  23. On the RepublicCicero · 251 passages
  24. OratorCicero · 238 passages
  25. PhilippicsCicero · 544 passages
  26. Stoic ParadoxesCicero · 52 passages
  27. Tusculan DisputationsCicero · 475 passages
  28. Dio Chrysostom’s Diogenic OrationsDio Chrysostom · 5 passages
  29. Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI: The Cynics, by Diogenes LaertiusDiogenes Laertius · 62 passages
  30. Philosophies for Sale, Sections 7-11, by Lucian of SamosataLucian of Samosata · 5 passages