On Living and Dying Well
Seiten
2012
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-045556-4 (ISBN)
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-045556-4 (ISBN)
Includes treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry.
In the first century BCE, Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, statesman, and defender of republican values, created these philosophical treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry. A pragmatist at heart, Cicero's philosophies were frequently personal and ethical, drawn 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.
This lively, lucid new translation from Thomas Habinek, editor of Classical Antiquity and the Classics and Contemporary Thought book series, makes Cicero's influential ideas accessible to every reader. This edition also includes additional materials by Siobhán McElduff.
In the first century BCE, Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, statesman, and defender of republican values, created these philosophical treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry. A pragmatist at heart, Cicero's philosophies were frequently personal and ethical, drawn 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.
This lively, lucid new translation from Thomas Habinek, editor of Classical Antiquity and the Classics and Contemporary Thought book series, makes Cicero's influential ideas accessible to every reader. This edition also includes additional materials by Siobhán McElduff.
Thomas Habinek is Professor of Classics at University of Southern California. His most recent books include The World of Roman Song: From Ritualized Speech to Social Order and Ancient Rhetoric and Oratory. He is an editor of the journal Classical Antiquity and editor of the book series Classics and Contemporary Thought.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.7.2012 |
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Einführung | Thomas Habinek |
Mitarbeit |
Anmerkungen: Thomas Habinek |
Übersetzer | Thomas Habinek |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 179 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike | |
ISBN-10 | 0-14-045556-6 / 0140455566 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-045556-4 / 9780140455564 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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