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It was Cicero's custom in the opportunities of his leisure to take some friends with him into the country, where, instead of amusing themselves with idle sports or feasts, their diversions were wholly speculative, tending to improve the mind and enlarge the understanding. In this manner he now spent five days at his Tusculan villa in discussing with his friends the several questions just mentioned. For, after employing the mornings in declaiming and...
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Cicero introduces his subject by showing that men were not born for the mere abstract study of philosophy, but that the study of philosophic truth should always be made as practical as possible, and applicable to the great interests of philanthropy and patriotism. Cicero endeavors to show the benefit of mingling the contemplative or philosophic with the political and active life.
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There are many things in philosophy, my dear Brutus, which are not as yet fully explained to us, and particularly as you very well know that most obscure and difficult question concerning the Nature of the Gods, so extremely necessary both towards a knowledge of the human mind and the practice of true religion: concerning which the opinions of men are so various, and so different from each other, as to lead strongly to the inference that ignorance72...
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The book consists of two parts. The first contains a few short, but very masterly sketches of all the Speakers who had flourished either in Greece or Rome, with any reputation of Eloquence, down to his own time. The second, The Orator was composed at the request of Brutus. It contains a plan, or critical delineation, of what he himself esteemed the most finished Eloquence, or style of Speaking. He calls it The Fifth Part, or Book, designed to complete...
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Der römische Philosoph und Politiker Cicero erläutert in seinem fünf Bücher umfassenden "De finibus bonorum et malorum" die philosophische Sicht auf den Epikureismus, die Stoa und den Platonismus nach Antiochus von Askalon. Zusammen mit den kurz danach geschriebenen Tusculanae disputationes ("Gespräche in Tusculum") ist De finibus das umfangreichste philosophische Werk Ciceros. Gewidmet ist das Werk Marcus Iunius Brutus.
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Obras completas de Cicerón
ÍNDICE:
Biografía de Marco Tulio Cicerón
Introducción
De la invención retórica.
Retórica a C. Herennio.
Tópicos a gayo trebacio.
Particiones oratorias.
Del mejor género de oradores.
Diálogos del orador
Bruto, o de los ilustres oradores.
El orador. A marco Bruto.
De la naturaleza de los dioses.
Del sumo bien y del sumo mal.
Los oficios
Los diálogos de Cicerón.
Las paradojas de Cicerón a M. Bruto.
Cuestiones...
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Marco Tulio Cicerón: uno de los más grandes oradores que jamás haya existido. Su talento como abogado le permitió acceder a la magistratura suprema, un cargo normalmente reservado a la nobleza; y la única energía de sus discursos, los catilíneos, fue suficiente para frustrar una terrible conspiración destinada a eliminar parte de la élite política. Cicerón disfrutó de la gloria como resultado de este asunto, antes de que su franca oposición...
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Philip Freeman is the editor and translator of How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians and How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders (both Princeton). He is the author of many books, including Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar (all Simon & Schuster). He holds the Orlando W. Qualley Chair of Classical Languages at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
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This work contains two of Cicero's most important political writings, "The Republic" and "The Laws". In "The Republic", or "On the Commonwealth", Cicero crafts a Socratic dialogue in six books on the subject of Roman politics. Cicero discusses the history of Roman politics and its constitution, the role of justice in government, the types of constitutions, the role of education, and the ideal citizen in a republic. In "The Laws" we find another Socratic...
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James M. May is professor of classics, the Kenneth O. Bjork Distinguished Professor, and former provost and dean at St. Olaf College. An award-winning teacher, he is a widely recognized expert on Cicero and classical rhetoric and has written and edited many books on these topics. He lives in Northfield, Minnesota.
Timeless techniques of effective public speaking from ancient Rome's greatest orator
All of us are faced countless times with the challenge...
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Ryan Kerry has been through a lot this year. From four invasive melanoma surgeries on his face to an ultimatum from his boss to relocate or lose his job, he has been searching for answers emotionally as well as spiritually. When he agrees to move south before his family can join him, he finds himself alone in a home that welcomes him with a very, unique weed infestation.
Through countless measures to rid the persistent weed nuisance, Ryan finds himself...
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The greatest orator of the late Roman Republic, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.), influenced the course of European letters for centuries after his death. Through his writings, Renaissance and Enlightenment scholars encountered the riches of Classical rhetoric and philosophy. The elegance of his style, his skill and erudition, his worldly wisdom, and his profound humanity made Cicero a model for latter-day thinkers and keep his works ever relevant....
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"A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice (8/5/2012)" Philip Freeman is the author of many books, including Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar (all Simon & Schuster). He received his PhD from Harvard University and holds the Qualley Chair of Classical Languages at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
A primer on campaigning in ancient Rome that reads like a strategy memo from a modern...
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Philip Freeman is the editor and translator of How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians (Princeton) and the author of Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar (all Simon & Schuster). He received his PhD from Harvard University and holds the Qualley Chair of Classical Languages at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
Timeless political wisdom from ancient history's greatest...
18) Selected works
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An annotated translation of Roman statesman, author, and orator Cicero's writings "Against Verres, I," "The Second Philippic against Antony," "On Duties, III," and "On Old Age," and twenty-three of his letters.
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Michael Fontaine is professor of classics at Cornell University. His books include How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor and How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing (both Princeton).
An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved one
In 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from complications of childbirth. But from...
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Here is presented Cicero's theological exposition, "The Nature of the Gods," in which the ancient Roman philosopher reflects upon the philosophical questions of religion. He was, he says, "urged to them as a means of relief from the irksome political inactivity to which he was reduced by the supremacy in the state of Julius Cæsar, and he also hoped to find in them a distraction from the grief caused him by the death of his daughter Tullia." He felt,...
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