Article published In: Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter: Band 4. 1999
Herausgegeben von Burkhard Mojsisch, Olaf Pluta und Rudolf Rehn
[Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter 4] 1999
► pp. 49–61
Lux Regiomontana. Der kategorische Imperativ in Ciceros De officiis
Published online: 15 May 2000
https://doi.org/10.1075/bpjam.4.04gle
https://doi.org/10.1075/bpjam.4.04gle
Abstract
Interpretation of Cicero's De officiis mostly focuses on questions of traditional Quellen-forschung, especially on its relationship with the lost works of Panaetius, Posidonius and Hecato. This essay, on the contrary, tries to illuminate Cicero's work by confronting a pivotal passage of De off. (3, 19-32) with Kant's famous categorical imperative. Cicero's invention of a formula to decide moral dilemmas as well as its anthropological grounds and socio-political implications foreshadow the Kantian concept in the Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten. This suggests that there may even be a direct influence of Cicero on Kant.
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