On the Nature of the Gods. Tusculan Discourses. Speeches
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On the Nature of the Gods. Tusculan Discourses. Speeches
19.99 €
An outstanding idealistic politician, conscientious statesman, irreconcilable fighter against tyranny and corruption, a profound theorist of rhetoric and a great orator, a flexible thinker, erudite, a philosopher close to the Stoics and a thoughtful writer, who for many centuries became a legislator of word and style - Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) was a figure of consistently brilliant, at times tragic, but inspiring even in the darkest periods of his political and personal biography. BC - 43 BC) was a figure of consistently brilliant, at times tragic, but inspiring even in the blackest periods of his political and personal biography. Cicero's legacy has served Europeans for centuries as a perfect example of expressive precision and a rich source of knowledge about the history of ancient Rome. Even after two millennia Cicero remains relevant, and not only as a historical source. On the material of his treatises we are still learning the structure and breadth of thinking, and on his speeches - the principles of discussion and competent argumentation: skills that are especially useful now, when everyone discusses with everyone else, sometimes without hearing neither opponents, nor even themselves. The collection includes selected speeches by Cicero, including the famous cycle of Catilinaria and the most vivid philippics; the philosophical treatise On the Nature of the Gods, a speculative polemic of Epicureans, Academicians, and Stoics on the structure of the universe; the treatise Tusculan Conversations, imaginary disputes about the possibility of a happy life; and the treatise The Orator, which sets forth the general principles of rhetorical skill.
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