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Written more than 2000 years ago, Cicero’s ‘On Old Age’ debunks stereotypes that ...
While it was common in Greece and Rome for philosophical treatises to be written in the voice of a historical figure, Cicero ...
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Guide to the classics: written more than 2000 years ago, Cicero’s On Old Age debunks ...
It was probably in early January of 44 BCE that Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman politician, orator, and philosopher, sat down to write On Old Age. Goodreads At 62, Cicero had endured personal and ...
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WWII Decisive Attack To A Philosopher's Assassination — On This Day In History December 7
Source: Wikipedia Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of ancient Rome’s most influential orators and philosophers, was assassinated in the chaos following the collapse of the Roman Republic. Cicero ...
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Cicero: Laelius de amicitia
In the first full commentary on De amicitia in more than a century, Katharina Volk and James Zetzel provide an illuminating guide to the dialogue, explaining language and style, philosophy, and ...