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On the Commonwealth

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An edition of De republica (1553)

On the Commonwealth

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Cicero's De re publica contains the fullest ancient account of the theory of the mixed constitution and the oldest extant narrative of early Roman history; it concludes with the Dream of Scipio, one of the most influential ancient visions of the afterlife. As a Platonic dialogue set in a Roman context, De re publica is in part an examination of Roman attitudes to Greek culture, in part a nostalgic evocation of an earlier and better Rome.

The argument of the dialogue concerns the relationship between political theory and practice, and between social institutions and the individual citizen. This edition of most of the surviving portions of De re publica is the most detailed commentary ever to appear in English. It carefully explains Cicero's philosophical argument and its relationship to his account of early Rome, and thoroughly elucidates the language and style of the treatise.

The introduction offers a new and provocative interpretation of Cicero's dialogue as a work both of literature and of political philosophy.

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English
Pages
276

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Cover of: The republic
The republic: and, The laws
2008, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: On the Commonwealth
On the Commonwealth
January 2004, Kessinger Publishing
Paperback in English
Cover of: On the commonwealth
On the commonwealth: and, On the laws
1999, Cambridge University Press
in English
Cover of: The republic
The republic: and, The laws
1998, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: De re publica
De re publica: selections
1995, Cambridge University Press
in Latin
Cover of: On the Commonwealth
On the Commonwealth
1976, Bobbs-Merrill, Prentice Hall, Brand: Prentice Hall
in English
Cover of: De re publica; De legibus
De re publica; De legibus
1928, Cambridge University Press
in English
Cover of: I frammenti de' sei libri Della repubblica, di Marco Tullio Cicerone.
Cover of: De republica
De republica
1823, Everett
in Latin

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.

Reprint. Originally published: Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University Press, 1929.

Published in
Indianapolis
Series
The library of liberal arts -- 111., Library of liberal arts -- v. 111.

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 276 p. ;
Number of pages
276

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18442422M
ISBN 10
0672603098
Library Thing
27903

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