Opening book details…
Can I read A commentary on Cicero, "De legibus" on EtoBox?
A commentary on Cicero, "De legibus" by Andrew R Dyck; Marcus Tullius Cicero is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A commentary on Cicero, "De legibus" about?
De Legibus Has Been One Of Cicero's Most Neglected Works; This New Commentary Provides A Detailed Interpretation And Places The Essay In The Context Of The Politics And Philosophical Thought Of Its Time.. Just As Plato Drafted A Vision Of An Ideal State In His Republic And Followed That Up With Detailed Provisions In His Laws, So Cicero, After Writing Republic, Wanted To Provide Legislation For His Ideal State And Thus Wrote The Laws As A Sequel. But Whereas Cicero's Republic Was Set Shortly Before The Death Of Its Main Speaker, Scipio Africanus, In 129 B.c., Cicero Set His Laws In His Own Lifetime, Enabling Him To Comment On Current Political Trends. The Unique Value Of The Laws Of Cicero Is That It Is A Work Written At The End Of The Roman Republic That Gives Cicero's Own Diagnosis Of The Ills That Plagued The Roman State And What Might Be Done To Cure Them.. Andrew R. Dyck's Full Commentary On This Work Is The First To Appear In English Or Any Other Language For Over A Century. Whereas Previous Commentaries Focused Primarily On Grammar And Textual Criticism, This One, While Not Neglecting Those Areas, Insightfully Relates The Text To The Trends, Political, Philosophical, And Rel
Who reads A commentary on Cicero, "De legibus"?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Andrew R Dyck; Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press ; University Presses Marketing
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780472113248
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Law, Social Science, Literary Fiction