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Cicero: On Duties

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De Officiis (On Duties) was Cicero's last philosophical work. In it he made use of Greek thought to formulate the political and ethical values of Roman Republican society as he saw them, revealing incidentally a great deal about actual practice. Writing at a time of political crisis after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44BC, when it was not clear how much of the old Republican order would survive, Cicero here handed on the insights of an elder statesman, adept at political theory and practice, to his son, and through him, to the younger generation in general. De Officiis has often been treated merely as a key to the lost Greek works that Cicero used. This volume aims to render De Officiis, which was such an important influence on later masterpieces of Western political thought, more intelligible by explaining its relation to its own time and place. A wholly new translation is accompanied by a lucid introduction and all the standard features of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, including a chronology, select bibliography, and notes on the vocabulary and significant individuals mentioned in the text.
Release date NZ
February 21st, 1991
Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributors
  • Edited and translated by Mariam T. Griffin
  • Edited by E.M. Atkins
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
1 table
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Pages
243
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Dimensions
138x216x18
ISBN-13
9780521348355
Product ID
2011034

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