On Living and Dying Well (Penguin Classics)
On Living and Dying Well (Penguin Classics) by Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by Thomas Habinek
English | July 5, 2012 | ASIN: B008243YN6, ISBN: 0140455566 | True AZW3 | 240 pages | 0.7 MB
English | July 5, 2012 | ASIN: B008243YN6, ISBN: 0140455566 | True AZW3 | 240 pages | 0.7 MB
Philosophical writings on “the good life” by the great Roman orator, in a vital new translation
In the first century BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator, statesman, and defender of republican values, created these philosophical treatises on such diverse and trenchant topics as friendship, religion, death, fate, and scientific inquiry.
This lucid and lively new translation renders the great Roman’s writings accessible to modern readers as never before. Cicero was a pragmatist at heart, but his philosophies were frequently personal and ethical, drawn not from abstract reasoning but from careful observation of the world. The resulting work reminds us of the importance of social ties, the question of free will, and the justification of creative endeavor.