Cicero: De re publica
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Marcus Tullius Cicero author James E G Zetzel editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:6th Apr '95
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Contains the Latin text of most of the surviving parts of Cicero's most elaborate philosophical dialogue.
Cicero's De re publica contains the fullest ancient account of the theory of the mixed constitution and the oldest extant narrative of early Roman history; it concludes with the Dream of Scipio, one of the most influential ancient visions of the afterlife. The argument of the dialogue concerns the relationship between political theory and practice, and between social institutions and the individual citizen. This edition of most of the surviving portions of De re publica is the most detailed commentary ever to appear in English. It explains Cicero's philosophical argument and its relationship to his account of early Rome, and thoroughly elucidates the language and style of the treatise. The introduction offers a new and provocative interpretation of Cicero's dialogue as a work both of literature and of political philosophy.
ISBN: 9780521344654
Dimensions: 194mm x 131mm x 24mm
Weight: 395g
280 pages