Cicero the Philosopher: Twelve Papers

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New York: Clarendon Press (1995)
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Cicero may be best known as a politician, but he was also one of the few significant Roman writers of philosophy. This book presents a new and exciting selection of current scholarly work on this neglected side of him, establishing Cicero firmly on the agenda as a serious philosophical.

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B553.C53 1995

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9780198152736   0198147511   0198152736

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AE Douglas argument as affecting the interpretation of the substance of the treatises. 1 Nowhere is the last-mentioned approach more necessary than in reading the Tusculans. They are written in a form which Cicero.De Finibus Academica & De Divinatione De Natura Deorum
John Glucker.Veri Simile Probabile
Philippa R. Smith.Cicero Get it Right
Woldemar gg. rler.  (pages 85)W. W. Fortenbaugh & P. Steinmetz
Mr Wright.  (pages 171)De Finibus
Rw Sharples.  (pages 247)De Fato
Cicero's translations from Greek vary considerably in accuracy. When Cicero translates well, there is at first sight no problem, and admiration has flowed freely from the pens of scholars. 2 When he translates less well, difficulties arise, and explanation seems to be called for. [REVIEW]  (pages 273)Jgf Powell

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