Cicero On Life and Death Paperback Oxford Worlds Classics
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Further Details Title: On Life and Death Condition: New EAN: 9780199644148 ISBN: 9780199644148 Publisher: Oxford University Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 02/23/2017 Item Height: 195mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 15mm Translator: John Davie Contributor: Miriam T. Griffin (Edited by), John Davie (Translated by) Language: English ISBN-10: 0199644144 Description: 'any service I may have rendered my countrymen in my active life I may also extend to them... now that I am at leisure'Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Rome's greatest orator, had a career of intense activity in politics, the law courts and the administration, mostly in Rome. His fortunes, however, followed those of Rome, and he found himself driven into exile in 58 BC, only to return a year later to a city paralyzed by the domination of Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar. Cicero, though a senior statesman, struggled to maintain his independence and it was during these years that, frustrated in public life, he first started to put his excess energy, stylistic brilliance, and superabundant vocabulary into writing these works of philosophy. The three dialogues collected here are the most accessible of Cicero's works, written to his friends Atticus and Brutus, with the intent of popularizing philosophy in Ancient Rome. They deal with the everyday problems of life; ethics in business, the experience of grief, and the difficulties of old age. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Topic: Literary Criticism, Ancient History, History Author: Cicero Item Weight: 202g Release Year: 2017 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
