... that a true and courageous patriot would. The book confirms that a man with auctoritas (authority), gratia (grace or style), dignitas (dignity) and existimatio (esteem or respect) could have considerable influence in a Roman court of law...

... visions of dignitas and libertas, the cardinal values of the respective audiences, the senate and the people. That was an appropriate ideological exercise for a new consul delivering his first two speeches. This chapter also derives some of the principles of reading...

... and Politics of de lege agraria I & II, after an introduction to the circumstances of the speech, offers a preview of the thesis, that Cicero is aiming not simply to reflect back his audiences prejudices but to create distinctive visions of libertas and dignitas, and a preview of the method, the kind...

...-) resemblance of the likeness, the sculptural or pictorial representative or its representation through insignia, on the other what this substitute stands for in different contexts, as for example the soul of the defunct, the persona, dignitas, honour, infamia, the guilt...

... to the tradition of satire at Rome, particularly to the voice of Lucilius. The orator could not adopt wholesale the conventions or persona of the satirist, however. Cicero's self-construction modulates political invective in accordance with the dignitas and auctoritas appropriate to the orator...

... on the politeness of respect in circles where personal dignitas received great emphasis, as well as the significance of conventionalized affiliative politeness and polite fictions for individuals attempting to forge cooperative political alliances. affiliative politeness aristocrat s...

... and usually is performed by non-physicians. This chapter examines the role of several right-to-die organizations that offer the service of assisted death. Among these, Exit-German Switzerland stands out as operating in a fairly responsible manner, while the organization Dignitas caters to suicide tourism from...

... past glory. Argument Techniques of Social and Political Concepts and Practices Legal Concepts Features and Mechanisms Latin words and phrases Persons Rullan bill rogatio Servilia features of dignitas Faustus Sulla Janiculum licentia Roman senate self-control Stoic sage temple ornaments war...

... of dignitas, Kant’s views on dignity, and dignity’s place in the international human rights regime. The chapter then explains how dignity functions in current legal debates, focusing on the American legal system. Dignity functions as both a site for and a mediator of deep divergences about values...

... of wishing to overturn comprehensively the old order; his contact with violence was not so close and continuous that brutalization of character was only to be expected; nor finally was he under the severe economic pressure which may make life seem cheap and of little consequence. dignitas Verrines...

...Chapter 2 examines the res publica as civic business, with a particular focus on the role of the magistrates, who enjoyed an intimate relationship with the res publica. Since an individual’s dignitas rested on his public office and achievements...

... conceptual development from Homeric Greek thought to medieval Christian and Islamic theology through eighteenth century enlightenment revolutions all the way to the contemporary era. dignitas dignity Hobbes Thomas Johnson Samuel merit rank status worth freedom Independence Ireland rights duty...

...The concept of dignitas at Rome signified a certain standing or rank in the community. Dignitas was inherently comparative, and one deserved treatment appropriate to one’s standing: that applied to forms of honor, of liberality, and of punishment. Thus...

... choice. Second, most authors thought that human nature was badly deformed by the Fall and needed to be reformed in the likeness of Christ. They focused less on creation than salvation, an end they believed attainable only through the grace of baptism and God-given virtues. angels Christian dignitas...

... (dignitas, dignatio) Reputation (existimatio) Moral entities Natural equality Natural rights Social inequality Slavery Common enemies of all (communes omnium hostes) This chapter will provide a fresh account of the notion of dignity and the meaning Samuel Pufendorf assigned to it in his treatise...

... that these forms of politeness derive in part from the Roman aristocrat's preoccupation with personal status (dignitas) and his need to form temporary political alliances with ambitious rivals. The relevance of these strategies of politeness to the correspondence of Pliny the Younger and Fronto...

... a certain ignorance on the part of the addressee. The extent to which this strategy prevailed shows again the Roman grandee's concern with personal status and dignitas. This latter topic is analyzed with reference in particular to the letters of Pompey and Decimus Brutus...

... types of cases together was personal prestige of a particularly Roman sort—auctoritas, dignitas, gravitas—ideally possessed by litigants, advocates, witnesses, and supporting onlookers. But inert prestige was ineffectual: prestige carried...

.... In the process, four platitudes about the history of human dignity are undermined: (1) the Roman notion of dignitas is not the ancient starting point of our modern moralized notion; (2) neither the medieval Christian doctrine of imago Dei nor the renaissance speech of Pico della...