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Cicero: On Duties

by E. M. Atkins (Editor), Marcus Tullius Cicero, Quentin Skinner (Contribution by), Raymond Geuss
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Overview

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.

Synopsis

This volume aims to render De Officiis, Cicero's last theoeretical work, more intelligible by explaining its relation to its own time and place.

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Book Details

Published
February 1, 1991
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
245
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780521348355

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