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Chargement... On Living and Dying Well (Penguin Classics)par Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. What a great feeling to hear such a voice of reason and maturity from over two millennia in the past, and that too in a modern, easily accessible style and idiom. A prominent personality in the Roman polity during the uneasy period between the Republic and the first emperors, Cicero was a man of diverse parts: while he weighed in on important political events, he refrained from taking up actual power (he declined an invitation to be a part of the ruling triumvirate after the collapse of the Republic). During his periods away from the centre-stage of the Roman Senate and Forum, he solaced himself with writing on philosophy and ethics; his natural Stoic bent served him well at the final testing moment, his execution by the minions of Marc Antony, against whom he had been outspoken to the point of scurrilianity. This volume includes his writings on "Philosophy at Rome", "Against Fear of Death", "Tusculan Disputations", "Friendship", "On Duties, Book I", and a short selection from different ancient authors on the "Death and Burial of Cicero". There is also an able Introduction on "Why Does Cicero's Philosophy Matter?" by the translator Thomas Habinek, and "Cicero's Life" by Siobhan McElduff. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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'They might as well take the sun from the heavens when they take friendship from life! The immortal gods have given us nothing better or more enjoyable than friendship' In the first century BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, statesman, and defender of republican values, created these essays on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry. A pragmatist at heart, Cicero frequently wrote with a personal and ethical approach, drawing not from abstract reasoning but through careful observation of the world. The resulting works remind us of the importance of social ties, the questions of free will, and the justification of any creative endeavour. In Thomas Habinek's introduction to his witty, lively new translation, he explores the context in which Cicero was writing, and discusses the continued relevance of his no-nonsense essays to citizens, artists and writers today. This edition also contains a chronology, notes, maps and suggested further reading. Translated, introduced and with notes by Thomas Habinek Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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