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Title: Cicero's Tusculan Disputations
Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth

Note: Reading ease score: 57.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Credits: Produced by Ted Garvin, Hagen von Eitzen and the PG Online Distributed
Proofreading Team.

Summary: "Cicero's Tusculan Disputations" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a philosophical treatise written in the late Roman Republic period. This work presents a series of five dialogues in which Cicero addresses various philosophical questions concerning the nature of death, the essence of happiness, and the role of virtue in life. The primary focus is to provide a philosophical framework to help individuals confront and understand their anxieties surrounding death and suffering. The opening of the text introduces the context of its creation, highlighting Cicero's personal grief due to the death of his daughter, Tullia, which prompted him to seek solace in philosophical discussions. In the first book, Cicero, engaging in a dialogue with friends, begins to tackle the fear of death. He argues that death should not be perceived as an evil and explores their underlying beliefs about life, existence, and morality. Cicero employs rhetorical questioning to challenge and refine his arguments, inviting his participants to reconsider their assumptions about mortality and the nature of human suffering. This engaging discursive style sets the stage for further exploration of fundamental philosophical concepts throughout the subsequent dialogues. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 107 BCE-44 BCE

Translator: Yonge, Charles Duke, 1812-1891

EBook No.: 14988

Published: Feb 9, 2005

Downloads: 1871

Language: English

Subject: Theology -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Political science -- Early works to 1800

Subject: State, The -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Happiness -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Gods, Roman -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Rome -- Politics and government -- 265-30 B.C.

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: Cicero's Tusculan Disputations
Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth

Note: Reading ease score: 57.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Credits: Produced by Ted Garvin, Hagen von Eitzen and the PG Online Distributed
Proofreading Team.

Summary: "Cicero's Tusculan Disputations" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a philosophical treatise written in the late Roman Republic period. This work presents a series of five dialogues in which Cicero addresses various philosophical questions concerning the nature of death, the essence of happiness, and the role of virtue in life. The primary focus is to provide a philosophical framework to help individuals confront and understand their anxieties surrounding death and suffering. The opening of the text introduces the context of its creation, highlighting Cicero's personal grief due to the death of his daughter, Tullia, which prompted him to seek solace in philosophical discussions. In the first book, Cicero, engaging in a dialogue with friends, begins to tackle the fear of death. He argues that death should not be perceived as an evil and explores their underlying beliefs about life, existence, and morality. Cicero employs rhetorical questioning to challenge and refine his arguments, inviting his participants to reconsider their assumptions about mortality and the nature of human suffering. This engaging discursive style sets the stage for further exploration of fundamental philosophical concepts throughout the subsequent dialogues. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 107 BCE-44 BCE

Translator: Yonge, Charles Duke, 1812-1891

EBook No.: 14988

Published: Feb 9, 2005

Downloads: 1871

Language: English

Subject: Theology -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Political science -- Early works to 1800

Subject: State, The -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Happiness -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Gods, Roman -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Rome -- Politics and government -- 265-30 B.C.

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.