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HoP 391 - Everything is Mine and Nothing - Lipsius and the Revival of Stoicism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Lipsius' Political Theory

Lipsius has two political theories, which are set out in the first and second half of the treatise. He identifies the first three books as adopting a more conventional, ciceronian world view by promising good outcomes for those who do good. The latter three books adopt a more cynical attitude,. gleaned from the historian tacitus and the notorious machiavelli.

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