Social impulse to develop caritative activity in antiquity: the paradigm of Cicero
The article discusses some features of the concept of «caritative activity» through the paradigm of Cicero's anthropological ideas. The author provides a demarcation of the concepts of amor, dilectio and caritas, as well as the influence of these definitions on the formation of a modern view of charity. Some aspects of the reception of the ethical concept of good deeds proposed by Cicero are revealed, and the postulates of virtue are given, according to the philosophy of the scientist. The relationship of caritative activity with lexical expressions describing the feeling of human love is analyzed. The author notes that the impulse to develop charitable activities progressed largely thanks to the works of Cicero. Thus, using the lexeme «caritative activity» in everyday life, we put into it the meaning laid down by the ideas of Cicero, thereby internationalizing the original Latinism «caritas». The hybrid nature of the interpreted concept is proven.