Question

Describe how Cicero influenced the Enlightenment.(1 point)
Responses

He wrote about the four virtues in his book The Republic.
He wrote about the four virtues in his book The Republic.

He developed the principle of the Golden Mean.
He developed the principle of the Golden Mean.

He translated Greek philosophy into Latin, making the ideas accessible to western Europe.
He translated Greek philosophy into Latin, making the ideas accessible to western Europe.

He described how the goal of the human mind was to find the truth

Answer 1

He translated Greek philosophy into Latin, making the ideas accessible to western Europe. Cicero’s writings transmitted Greek Stoic and Platonic ideas (natural law, republicanism, rhetoric) to later thinkers, influencing Renaissance and Enlightenment intellectuals.