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The Republic and The Laws
Cicero
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Description for The Republic and The Laws
Paperback. Translator(s): Rudd, Niall. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
`However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all. This is sufficient proof that there is no essential difference within mankind.' (Laws l.29-30) Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible governement written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic in a dialogue following Plato. Drawing on Greek political theory, the work embodies the mature reflections of a Roman ex-consul on the nature of political organization, on justice in society, and on the qualities needed in a statesman. Its sequel, The Laws, expounds the influential doctrine of Natural Law, which applies to ... Read more
`However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all. This is sufficient proof that there is no essential difference within mankind.' (Laws l.29-30) Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible governement written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic in a dialogue following Plato. Drawing on Greek political theory, the work embodies the mature reflections of a Roman ex-consul on the nature of political organization, on justice in society, and on the qualities needed in a statesman. Its sequel, The Laws, expounds the influential doctrine of Natural Law, which applies to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199540112
SKU
V9780199540112
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About Cicero
Niall Rudd is Emeritus Professor of Latin at Bristol University. He has previously translated Juvenal's Satires for Oxford World's Classics. Jonathan Powell is Professor of Latin at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is preparing a new text of De Republica and De Legibus for the Oxford Classical Texts series.
Reviews for The Republic and The Laws
In his translation G. achieves a consistent vitality both in narrative... and in argument.
Michael Coffey, The Classical Review Vol.XLIX No.2
Michael Coffey, The Classical Review Vol.XLIX No.2