How to Combine Action & Contemplation | Katharina Volk on Cicero & Caesar

Interview with Katharina Volk on Cicero & Caesar

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Companion lectures and interviews:
* Lecture on Shakespeare's Caesar: Coming soon.
* Katharina Volk on politically-engaged Epicureans:    • Should You Withdraw from Politics? Ka...  
* Katharina Volk on Stoicism:    • Stoicism is a Coping Mechanism | Kath...  

Professor Volk's Book:
* The Roman Republic of Letters: https://amzn.to/4fsFD9K (affiliate)
* My book notes: https://open.substack.com/pub/johnath...

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 0. Introduction
03:51 1. Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic
25:02 2. Cicero's Intellectual Life
51:39 3. Caesar's Intellectual Life
01:04:17 4. The Dangers of Combining Action and Contemplation