| 2005 Summer Seminar |
—Edward Hudgins, Ph.D.
Course Description:
Edward Hudgins will discuss Marcus Tullius Cicero, the extraordinary Roman statesman, scholar, and philosopher who had a major influence on America’s Founders. As a statesman, Cicero tried to preserve the Republic, which was under threat from demagogues and strongmen like Julius Caesar. Cicero also was the first philosopher to articulate the notion of a natural law that arises from the rational ordering of the universe and from man’s rational nature, a law with whose principles human law must accord if it is to be just. Cicero, the master orator, wrote textbooks on that subject and even took on the superstition of divination.
Edward Hudgins is executive director of The Objectivist Center. He is a widely published author and has a doctorate in Political Philosophy from Catholic University.
Schedule: Friday, 2:15-3:30 PM
Track: Political/Cultural Commentary