Selected Works
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- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 December 1963
Summary
A selection of Cicero’s speeches and letters, which have had a profound effect on the Western liberal tradition of political thought.
Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome’s Republic, Cicero was a master of eloquence, and his pure literary and oratorical style and strict sense of morality have been a powerful influence on European literature and thought for over two thousand years in matters of politics, philosophy, and faith.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140440997 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140440992 |
| Author: | Cicero, Michael Grant |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 December 1963 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 bc), Roman orator and statesman, was born at Arpinium of a wealthy local family. Having been educated in Rome, by 70 bc he had established himself as a leading barrister and was beginning a successful political career. Cicero received honors usually reserved only for the Roman aristocracy and was one of the greatest Roman orators.
Michael Grant has been successively Chancellor’s Medallist and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor of Humanity at Edinburgh University, first Vice-chancellor of Khartoum University, President and Vice-chancellor of Queen’s University, Belfast and President of the Classical Association.
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