EXILE AND COSMOPOLITANISM IN PLUTARCH’S POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT

  • Pia De Simone Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: Milano, Lombardia, IT
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52052/issn.2176-5960.pro.v12i34.14470

Abstract

Plutarch plays a distinctive role within Greek universalism in the Hellenistic age, as he has dealt with the theme of cosmopolitanism in numerous writings of a different nature (historical, philosophical, political and literary) and animated by multiple purposes. The aim of this paper is to focus on Plutarch’s view on cosmopolitanism which emerges from his treatise De exilio, an emblematic writing, as it allows recognizing that in Plutarch cosmopolitanism is not a merely political issue, but rather it reflects ethical and metaphysical concerns.

 

Published
2020-09-25
How to Cite
De Simone, P. (2020). EXILE AND COSMOPOLITANISM IN PLUTARCH’S POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT. Prometheus - Journal of Philosophy, 12(34). https://doi.org/10.52052/issn.2176-5960.pro.v12i34.14470
Issue
No. 34 (2020)
Section
Original Articles