Marcus Piso
historical figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Piso · our Piso · our friend
in the texts
On Moral Ends
Friend of the interlocutors, quoted mocking the Stoic substitution of 'preferred' for 'good' as an empty verbal maneuver.
Wittily did Marcus Piso, our friend, both in many other places and in this, mock the Stoics:
Then Piso:
Then Piso:
On the Nature of the Gods
A philosopher associated with the Peripatetic school, noted by Cicero as absent from the gathering.
Were Marcus Piso here, no philosophy — at least of those held in honour — would lack its representative.