2008
| `My present intention is to clear myself of any suspicion of partiality by presenting the views of the generality of philosophers concerning the nature of the gods.' Cicero's philosophical works are now exciting renewed interest, in part because he provides vital evidence of the views of the (largely lost) Greek philosophers of the Hellenistic age, and partly because of the light he casts on the intellectual life of first century Rome. The Nature of the Godsis a text of central significance, pre....[more] |
2007
| 1857. The Rhetorical works of Cicero include his Orator, which is addressed to his friend Brutus, and is a labored defense of his favorite notion that a perfect orator needs to possess an almost universal knowledge; Topica, or a compend of Aristotle's Topics; Oratoriae Partitiones, in which the proper arrangement of the parts of speech is discussed; Brutus, in which he gives a brief account of the most eminent orators of Greece and Rome; and the De Oratore of which this volume is a translation. ....[more] |
2010
| Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE ), Roman advocate, orator, politician, poet, and philosopher, about whom we know more than we do of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In Cicero's political speeches and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. Of about 106 speeches, 58 survive (a few incompletely), 29 of which ....[more] |
2009
| Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE ), Roman advocate, orator, politician, poet, and philosopher, about whom we know more than we do of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In Cicero's political speeches and in his correspondence we see the excitement, tension and intrigue of politics and the part he played in the turmoil of the time. Of about 106 speeches, 58 survive (a few incompletely), 29 of which ....[more] |
2008
| Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |
2004
| Contents: On Friendship; On Old Age; Letters by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Letters by Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus. |
1990
| Text with translation and commentary. (Aris and Phillips 1991) |
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