Political Theory and Thoughts Content
Introduction to Cicero
- Cicero is the champion of medieval political theory.
- He was Roman Political thinker influenced by Stoic philosophy.
- Zeno was the exponent of Stoic Philosophy. The main themes of Stoic Philosophy are:
– Universal natural law
– Universal Citizenship
– Natural equality of human being
- In his opinion, Universe as a whole is a state. So he used to say that there is no city state in the world.
According to Cicero, “State is a ‘res pupuli’ means a common wealth having feeling of universal brotherhood without any hierarchy