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Bene vixit qui bene latuit. Ferenc Császár’s Last Will Against the Background Of Ancient Ideals Of Life

Roskam, Geert (2010) Bene vixit qui bene latuit. Ferenc Császár’s Last Will Against the Background Of Ancient Ideals Of Life. Acta Antiqua, 50 (2-3). pp. 331-348. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

This article deals with the last will of Ferenc Császár, one of the prominent Hungarian intellectuals of his day and editor in chief of the important newspaper Pesti Napló. At the very end of this will, a reference can be found to the Epicurean ideal of an ‘unnoticed life’. A correct understanding of Császár’s own position presupposes a thorough insight into Epicurus’ ideal, which is discussed first. It is argued then that Császár did not adopt the Epicurean point of view, but that his position recalls important aspects of the views endorsed by Cicero, Ovid, and Seneca.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia
Depositing User: xKatalin xBarta
Date Deposited: 04 Jan 2017 08:34
Last Modified: 04 Jan 2017 08:34
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/44461

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