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Cicero: On Duties

Marcus Tullius Cicero

De Officiis (On Duties) is Cicero's last theoretical work and contains his analysis, in a Greek theoretical framework, of the political and ethical values of the Roman governing class in the late Republic. It has often been treated merely as a key to the Greek philosophical works that Cicero used, but this volume aims to render De Officiis, which had a profound impact upon subsequent political thinkers, more intelligible by explaining its relation to its own time and place. All the standard series features are present, including a wholly new translation, a concise introduction by a leading scholar, select bibliography, chronology, notes on vocabulary and brief biographies of the most prominent individuals mentioned in the text.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: Feb 21st, 1991
  • Pages: 243
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.40in - 0.60in - 0.70lb
  • EAN: 9780521348355
  • Categories: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyHistory & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalReference