Stoicism and Roman Example: Seneca and Tacitus in Jacobean England

Salmon, J. H. M.

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“…Through Lipsius, the latter became the dominant moral basis for politicians in much of seventeenth-century Europe, although far less so in Stuart England. 55 It is up to inspired philosopher-kings, as perfect human beings, to understand the cosmos in all its complicated correspondences, to bring human morality in tune with them, and lead humanity to the ultimate Good. But even a philosopher-king must be keen to know himself in order to achieve, firstly, divination and, secondly, peace and justice for his realm.…”

Section: The Justice Of the Philosopher-king: Wisdommentioning

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The Neoplatonic Renaissance from the Thames to the Ganges

Gommans¹

2022

India After World History

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This unabashedly intuitive essay introduces Neoplatonism as a new category in global intellectual history. It highlights one particular moment in time when Neoplatonism became the cutting-edge, avant-garde intellectual force in both the Latinate West and the persianate East. more specifically, by comparing Stuart England and mughal India the essay uncovers a hitherto silent cord of commensurable royal courts stretching from the Thames to the Ganges. During a long sixteenth century (c. 1450-1650), this courtly continuum was the dazzling stage of a global Neoplatonic renaissance. Whereas in Stuart England it showed primarily in emblematic fiction, in mughal India it was an imperial dream come true.

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Section: The Justice Of the Philosopher-king: Wisdommentioning

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The Neoplatonic Renaissance from the Thames to the Ganges

Gommans¹

2022

India After World History

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“…This emphasis on the political question of the means available in each individual situation recalls Machiavelli, of course; but it is also a way of referring to such classical authorities in the ªeld of history and political theory as Sallust and Tacitus. Schellhase has noted that the seventeenth century, a time during which the political uses of Tacitus were waning throughout the rest of Europe, was also the time during which his works were lending themselves to new political interpretations in England (Schellhase 1976, p. 157-66). J. H. M. Salmon has pointed out that Tacitus inºuenced the English scene through Lipsius' Stoicism, pervaded as it was by elements of Senecan piety, Neoplatonic asceticism, and ideas from the Church Fathers; Salmon argues that, despite Lipsius' mediation, a number of English writers soon adopted a darker view of Tacitus (Salmon 1989). By contrast, David Womersley sees in Tacitus one of the channels through which the Huguenot and Machiavellian gloriªcation of anti-tyrannical virtues was smuggled into England.…”

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Philosophy According to Tacitus: Francis Bacon and the Inquiry into the Limits of Human Self-Delusion

Giglioni

2012

Perspectives on Science

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Bacon belonged to a cultural milieu that, between the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries, proved to be especially receptive to inºuences coming from such continental authors as Machiavelli, Bodin, Duplessis-Mornay, Hotman, and, through Lipsius, a Tacitean Stoicism and Stoic TacitismDuring the Renaissance, Tacitus' works were interpreted and applied in a wide variety of ways. Tacitus became a source of inspiration for thinking about revolutions, wars, conspiracies, subtle transitions from freedom to despotism (and vice versa), prudent action in the administration of the State, cautious behavior at court, the exercise of political wisdom, and legal expertise in Roman law. The model of Tacitean history could be used to foster republican liberty (Niccolò Machiavelli), to promote political realism (Giovanni Botero), to preserve a sphere of intellectual freedom in situations dominated by tyrannical rule (Justus Lipsius), and to claim a divine origin for monarchical regimes (King James I). He could show people how to live safely under tyranny and tyrants and how to secure their power in situations of political instability (Francesco Guicciardini). Huguenot political thinkers developed theories about the right to resist monarchical power by relying on interpretations of Tacitus which were in-I would like to thank Jill Kraye and James A. T. Lancaster for their comments on an earlier version of this article and for improving its English.

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“…Sobre Tácito en la historiografía de la época vd. Salmon (1989). dos por los anticuarios puede transformarse en una narrativa racional.…”

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Historia civil y poesía, certeza y verdad en Francis Bacon

Manzo

2015

An. Semin. Hist. Filos.

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ResumenEste artículo se propone estudiar elementos claves de la teoría de la historia y de la práctica de la historia civil de Francis Bacon en lo que concierne a la verdad y la certeza de la narrativa histórica. Compara sus teorías de la historia y de la poesía, así como la relación que ellas tienen con la certeza, la verdad y la ficción. Para eso principalmente analiza dos clases de escritos. Por un lado, los textos programáticos en los que el autor presenta sus ideas sobre la historia y la poesía. Por otro lado, analiza sus textos completos e incompletos de historia civil en los que actuó como historiador. Además, este artículo considerará la obra baconiana teniendo en cuenta como marco de referencia la historiografía inglesa renacentista y moderna. Concluye que aunque la historia y la poesía constituyen dos ramas distintas en la clasificación baconiana del saber, tienen importantes elementos en común, en consonancia con la teoría de la poesía desarrollada por su contemporáneo Philip Sidney. Así es como Bacon incorporó elementos ficcionales en su narrativa histórica y adoptó un particular modo de distinguir en ella lo cierto de lo conjetural. Esta posición con respecto a la historia civil contrasta fuertemente con la metodología que Bacon propuso para la 373

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Stoicism and Roman Example: Seneca and Tacitus in Jacobean England

Cited by 115 publications

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The Neoplatonic Renaissance from the Thames to the Ganges

The Neoplatonic Renaissance from the Thames to the Ganges

Philosophy According to Tacitus: Francis Bacon and the Inquiry into the Limits of Human Self-Delusion

Historia civil y poesía, certeza y verdad en Francis Bacon

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