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Author Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Title On the good life : [selected writings of] Cicero / translated with an introduction by Michael Grant
Published Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1971

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Description 382 pages : genealogical tables, maps. ; 19 cm
Series Penguin classics
Penguin classics.
Contents Discussions at Tusculum (V) -- On duties (II) -- Laelius: on friendship -- On the orator (I) -- Dream of Scipio
Summary In essays that are articulate, meditative and inspirational, Cicero presents his views on the significance of friendship and duty to state and family, and outlines a clear system of practical ethics that is both simple and universal
Analysis Prose in Latin, to c.500 English texts
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: page 359
Notes Text, notes and introduction in English
Subject Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Translations into English.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 106 B.C.-43 B.C. -- Translations into English.
Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Latin literature -- Translations into English.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Author Grant, Michael, 1914-2004, editor
LC no. 77030399
ISBN 0140442448
Other Titles Works. Selections. English
Cicero on the good life
De officiis (ii)
De oratore (i)
Laelius de amicitia
Somnium Scipionis
Tusculanarum disputationum (v)