Excerpt from Cicero's Books of Friendship, Old Age, and Scipio's Dream The Subject Matter of this Book - The three books of Cicero, which are here translated, are among the choicest remains of antiquity. Scipio' Dream, although not composed as a separate work, is complete in itself. It formed part of Cicero's treatise; On Me State (de Re Publica, Libri V I which was composed in 54. B.c. This work is founded on the Republic of Plato, which also contains a vision of life after death, but of a very different kind from Cicero's. The work disappeared a thousand years ago, all except the Dream, which was preserved by Macrobius; but in 1822 Cardinal Mai found the greater part of the first two books, which he published in the same year. The treatise Of: Old Age (cato M aior Jive De Seneetate), was written in b.c., and that 071 F riendmip (laeliw rive De Amieitz'a) soon after; both were addressed to the author's friend Atticus. Cicero was at this time living in retirement, and the years from to B.c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.