Open AccessThe Ciceronian Theory of Tyrannicide from Buchanan to Milton
Author(s) -
Martin Dzelzainis
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
études épistémè
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1634-0450
DOI - 10.4000/episteme.705
Subject(s) - cicero , aside , reading (process) , philosophy , classics , law and economics , epistemology , literature , history , sociology , art , linguistics
In The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates as well as in later 1650s writings, John Milton reinterpreted the reading of Cicero on the issue of tyrannicide such as had been first formulated by Buchanan. This enabled him to cast aside the theories of his Calvinist predecessors and to reaffirm the intrinsic liberty of man.
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