Tusculan disputations

Author(s)

• Cicero, Marcus Tullius
• Douglas, A. E. (Alan Edward)

Bibliographic Information

Tusculan disputations

Cicero ; edited with translation and notes by A.E. Douglas

（Classical texts）

Aris & Phillips , Bolchazy-Carducci , Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Humanities Press, c1985-c1990

• I : us
• I : pbk. : us
• I : uk
• I : pbk. : uk
• II & V :
• II & V : pbk

Other Title

Tusculanae disputationes

Note

Vol. "II & V, with a summary of III & IV" published by Aris & Phillips

Vol. "I" has no series information

English and Latin

Includes bibliographies and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

I : uk ISBN 9780856682506

Description

A significant two-fold development in recent classical scholarship has been a revival of interest in, and respect for, post-Aristotelian Greek philosophy and Cicero's contribution to our knowledge of it. Of Cicero's major works in this field the Tusculan Disputations is perhaps the most approachable. Less technical than Academia and De Finibus, it still provides many insights into Hellenistic philosophical controversies, especially those concerning the two great schools of Stoicism and Epicureanism. At the same time it contains significant evidence of a reviving interest in Plato and Aristotle themselves. The theme of the first Tusculan is whether death is an evil. Of the many popular beliefs about the nature of the soul and its fate after death Cicero has little to say, but the philosophically based approach which he adopts is rich in material and provides the inspiration for striking passages worthy of the great orator. Latin text with facing-page English translation, introduction and commentary.

Table of Contents

Preface Select Bibliography Introduction I. Cicero's Life and Writings II. Cicero and the Hellenistic Tradition in Philosophy III. The Tusculan Disputations Notes to Introduction Cicero: Tusculan Disputations I Text and Translation Commentary Addendum Appendix Indexes

Volume

II & V : pbk ISBN 9780856684333

Description

The Fifth Tusculan Disputation is the finest of the five books, its nearest rival being the First (also edited in this series). The middle three books, represented in this edition by the Second, are, as the author clearly intended, less elevated, though still showing Cicero's flair for elegant and lively exposition, and providing much valuable information about the teaching of the main Hellenistic philosophical schools, especially the Stoics. They argue that the perfect human life, or complete human well-being, that of the 'wise man', is unaffected by physical and mental distress or extremes of emotion. Against this background the Fifth puts the positive, mainly Stoic, case that virtue, moral goodness, is alone and of itself sufficient. Latin text with facing-page English translation, introduction and commentary.

Table of Contents

Preface Bibliography Introduction Notes to the Introduction Tusculans II: Text and Translation Commentary Summary of Tusculans III & IV Tusculans V: Text and Translation Commentary Appendix Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA04977883
• ISBN:
  • 086516097X
  • 0865160724
  • 0856682500
  • 0856684325
  • 0856684333
• LCCN: 85073640
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: englat
• Place of Publication: Warminster, Wiltshire,Chicago, Il.,Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA6308.T6
  • DC19 : 158/.1
  • DC20 : 180.937
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Roman Empire philosophy
  • LCSH : Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA05150376