Cicero

Selected Works (Cicero, Marcus Tullius)

Übersetzer: Grant, Michael

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, the author was a master of eloquence, and his pure literary and oratorical style and strict sense of morality have been a powerful influence on European literature and thought for over two thousand years in matters of politics, philosophy, and faith.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1960
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 130mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9780140440997
• ISBN-10: 0140440992
• Artikelnr.: 21580311

Autorenporträt

Cicero

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction:
1. Cicero against Tyranny by Jerome
2. How to Live: Human Cooperation by Jerome
3. Cicero as Writer and Speaker: Translator's Problems by Jerome
4. The Fame of Cicero by Jerome
Part One: Against Tyranny
1. Attack on Misgovernment: Against Verres, I
2. Cicero's Life and Letters: Selection from his Correspondence
3. Attack on an Enemy of Freedom: The Second Philippic against Antony
Part Two: How to Live
4. A Practical Code of Behaviour: On Duties, III
5. Cato the Elder on Old Age: On Old Age
Appendixes
A. List of Surviving Works of Cicero
B. Genealogical Tables
C. Key to Technical Terms
D. Maps: The Roman Empire, 51 B.C.; Central Italy; Greece and West of Asia
Minor; Plan of Rome
Index of Personal Names