| Description |
1 online resource (385 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Mansuetiores musae -- Part 1 -- 1. Genus dialogorum meorum -- 2. Cogitanti mihi -- 3. Vetera repetenti -- 4. Ratio dicendi -- 5. Eloquentem adhuc neminem -- 6. Praepotens et gloriosa philosophia -- 7. Cycnea vox -- Part 2 -- 8. Prequel and Sequel -- 9. The Lost Republic -- 10. Dialogue and Dissatisfaction -- 11. Optimus status civitatis -- 12. Rerum publicarum natura -- 13. Iuris consensus -- 14. I Never Died, Said He -- Conclusion: The Lost Republic -- Appendix: Speeches and Trials |
| Summary |
The Lost Republic offers a major, new interpretation of Cicero's dialogues On the Orator and On the Commonwealth. James Zetzel shows how Cicero shaped the two works as complementary explorations of the intellectual and moral underpinnings of civil society in the last years of the Roman Republic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic. viewed April 17, 2023) |
| Subject |
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De oratore.
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De republica.
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| SUBJECT |
De oratore (Cicero, Marcus Tullius) fast |
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De republica (Cicero, Marcus Tullius) fast |
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Political ethics -- Early works to 1800
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Republicanism -- Early works to 1800
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Political ethics
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Republicanism
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0197626106 |
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9780197626122 |
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0197626122 |
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9780197626108 |
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