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An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping
with the death of a loved one In 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero
fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from
complications of childbirth. But from the depths of despair, Cicero
fought his way back. In an effort to cope with his loss, he wrote a
consolation speech-not for others, as had always been done, but for
himself. And it worked. Cicero's Consolation was something new in
literature, equal parts philosophy and motivational speech. Drawing
on the full range of Greek philosophy and Roman history, Cicero
convinced himself that death and loss are part of life, and that if
others have survived them, we can, too; resilience, endurance, and
fortitude are the way forward. Lost in antiquity, Cicero's
Consolation was recreated in the Renaissance from hints in Cicero's
other writings and the Greek and Latin consolatory tradition. The
resulting masterpiece-translated here for the first time in 250
years-is infused throughout with Cicero's thought and spirit.
Complete with the original Latin on facing pages and an inviting
introduction, Michael Fontaine's engaging translation makes this
searching exploration of grief available to readers once again.
Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audience Can
jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election?
You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was
talking about. One of Rome’s greatest politicians, speakers, and
lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one of antiquity’s funniest
people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state,
his enemies even started calling him “the stand-up Consul.” How
to Tell a Joke provides a lively new translation of Cicero’s
essential writing on humor alongside that of the later Roman orator
and educator Quintilian. The result is a timeless practical guide
to how a well-timed joke can win over any audience. As powerful as
jokes can be, they are also hugely risky. The line between a witty
joke and an offensive one isn’t always clear. Cross it and
you’ll look like a clown, or worse. Here, Cicero and Quintilian
explore every aspect of telling jokes—while avoiding costly
mistakes. Presenting the sections on humor in Cicero’s On the
Ideal Orator and Quintilian’s The Education of the Orator,
complete with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin
on facing pages, How to Tell a Joke examines the risks and rewards
of humor and analyzes basic types that readers can use to write
their own jokes. Filled with insight, wit, and examples, including
more than a few lawyer jokes, How to Tell a Joke will appeal to
anyone interested in humor or the art of public speaking.
Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your
health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good
news for you. In How to Grow Old, the great Roman orator and
statesman eloquently describes how you can make the second half of
life the best part of all--and why you might discover that reading
and gardening are actually far more pleasurable than sex ever was.
Filled with timeless wisdom and practical guidance, Cicero's brief,
charming classic--written in 44 BC and originally titled On Old
Age--has delighted and inspired readers, from Saint Augustine to
Thomas Jefferson, for more than two thousand years. Presented here
in a lively new translation with an informative new introduction
and the original Latin on facing pages, the book directly addresses
the greatest fears of growing older and persuasively argues why
these worries are greatly exaggerated--or altogether mistaken.
Montaigne said Cicero's book "gives one an appetite for growing
old." The American founding father John Adams read it repeatedly in
his later years. And today its lessons are more relevant than ever
in a world obsessed with the futile pursuit of youth.
Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected
to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved
country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic
troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that refused to
work together. Sound familiar? Cicero's letters, speeches, and
other writings are filled with timeless wisdom and practical
insight about how to solve these and other problems of leadership
and politics. How to Run a Country collects the best of these
writings to provide an entertaining, common sense guide for modern
leaders and citizens. This brief book, a sequel to "How to Win an
Election," gathers Cicero's most perceptive thoughts on topics such
as leadership, corruption, the balance of power, taxes, war,
immigration, and the importance of compromise. These writings have
influenced great leaders--including America's Founding Fathers--for
two thousand years, and they are just as instructive today as when
they were first written.
Organized by topic and featuring lively new translations, the
book also includes an introduction, headnotes, a glossary,
suggestions for further reading, and an appendix containing the
original Latin texts. The result is an enlightening introduction to
some of the most enduring political wisdom of all time.
All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of
persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument
with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important
decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct--and often
floundering or failing as a result--we'd win more arguments if we
learned the timeless art of verbal persuasion, rhetoric. How to Win
an Argument gathers the rhetorical wisdom of Cicero, ancient Rome's
greatest orator, from across his works and combines it with
passages from his legal and political speeches to show his powerful
techniques in action. The result is an enlightening and
entertaining practical introduction to the secrets of persuasive
speaking and writing--including strategies that are just as
effective in today's offices, schools, courts, and political
debates as they were in the Roman forum. How to Win an Argument
addresses proof based on rational argumentation, character, and
emotion; the parts of a speech; the plain, middle, and grand
styles; how to persuade no matter what audience or circumstances
you face; and more. Cicero's words are presented in lively
translations, with illuminating introductions; the book also
features a brief biography of Cicero, a glossary, suggestions for
further reading, and an appendix of the original Latin texts.
Astonishingly relevant, this unique anthology of Cicero's
rhetorical and oratorical wisdom will be enjoyed by anyone who ever
needs to win arguments and influence people--in other words, all of
us.
A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on
friendship ever written In a world where social media, online
relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very
idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends
is more important than ever. In this short book, which is one of
the greatest ever written on the subject, the famous Roman
politician and philosopher Cicero offers a compelling guide to
finding, keeping, and appreciating friends. With wit and wisdom,
Cicero shows us not only how to build friendships but also why they
must be a key part of our lives. For, as Cicero says, life without
friends is not worth living. Filled with timeless advice and
insights, Cicero's heartfelt and moving classic-written in 44 BC
and originally titled De Amicitia-has inspired readers for more
than two thousand years, from St. Augustine and Dante to Thomas
Jefferson and John Adams. Presented here in a lively new
translation with the original Latin on facing pages and an inviting
introduction, How to Be a Friend explores how to choose the right
friends, how to avoid the pitfalls of friendship, and how to live
with friends in good times and bad. Cicero also praises what he
sees as the deepest kind of friendship-one in which two people find
in each other "another self" or a kindred soul. An honest and
eloquent guide to finding and treasuring true friends, How to Be a
Friend speaks as powerfully today as when it was first written.
A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential
writings on the Stoic idea of the divine Most ancient Romans were
deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods-from
Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities, household
gods, and ancestral spirits. One of the most influential Roman
perspectives on religion came from a nonreligious belief system
that is finding new adherents even today: Stoicism. How did the
Stoics think about religion? In How to Think about God, Philip
Freeman presents vivid new translations of Cicero's On the Nature
of the Gods and The Dream of Scipio. In these brief works, Cicero
offers a Stoic view of belief, divinity, and human immortality,
giving eloquent expression to the religious ideas of one of the
most popular schools of Roman and Greek philosophy. On the Nature
of the Gods and The Dream of Scipio are Cicero's best-known and
most important writings on religion, and they have profoundly
shaped Christian and non-Christian thought for more than two
thousand years, influencing such luminaries as Augustine, Thomas
Aquinas, Dante, and Thomas Jefferson. These works reveal many of
the religious aspects of Stoicism, including an understanding of
the universe as a materialistic yet continuous and living whole in
which both the gods and a supreme God are essential elements.
Featuring an introduction, suggestions for further reading, and the
original Latin on facing pages, How to Think about God is a
compelling guide to the Stoic view of the divine.
De Amicitia includes an introduction that places the work in
historical perspective, full vocabulary, biographical index, notes,
and illustrations.
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The third and fourth books of Cicero's "Tusculan Disputations" deal
with the nature and management of human emotion: first grief, then
the emotions in general. In lively and accessible style, Cicero
presents the insights of Greek philosophers on the subject,
reporting the views of Epicureans and Peripatetics and giving a
detailed account of the Stoic position, which he himself favors for
its close reasoning and moral earnestness. Both the specialist and
the general reader will be fascinated by the Stoics' analysis of
the causes of grief, their classification of emotions by genus and
species, their lists of oddly named character flaws, and by the
philosophical debate that develops over the utility of anger in
politics and war.
Margaret Graver's elegant and idiomatic translation makes Cicero's
work accessible not just to classicists but to anyone interested in
ancient philosophy and psychotherapy or in the philosophy of
emotion. The accompanying commentary explains the philosophical
concepts discussed in the text and supplies many helpful parallels
from Greek sources.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
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imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
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Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer,
political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist who lived during
the first century BC. Considered as one of the great minds of
ancient Rome, Cicero was also a gifted orator and gave many famous
speeches during his political career. In this book you will find
Cicero's treatises on oration including, "The Orator," "A Dialogue
Concerning Oratorical Partitions," and "Treatise on the Best Style
of Orators." These classic and enduring expositions on oration are
at once useful for anyone trying to improve upon their own
oratorical abilities and a revealing look at Cicero and oration
during the time of ancient Rome.
Cicero's On the Commonwealth and On the Laws were his first and
most substantial attempts to adapt Greek theories of political life
to the circumstances of the Roman Republic. They represent Cicero's
understanding of government and remain his most important works of
political philosophy. On the Commonwealth survives only in part,
and On the Laws was never completed. The new edition of this volume
has been revised throughout to take account of recent scholarship,
and features a new introduction, a new bibliography, a
chronological table and a biographical index. James E. G. Zetzel
offers a scholarly reconstruction of the fragments of On the
Commonwealth and a masterly translation of both dialogues. The
texts are further supported by notes and synopsis, designed to
assist students in politics, philosophy, ancient history, law and
classics.
Cicero's On the Republic and On the Laws are his major works of
political philosophy. They offer his fullest treatment of
fundamental political questions: Why should educated people have
any concern for politics? Is the best form of government simple, or
is it a combination of elements from such simple forms as monarchy,
aristocracy, and democracy? Can politics be free of injustice? The
two works also help us to think about natural law, which many
people have considered since ancient times to provide a foundation
of unchanging, universal principles of justice.
On the Republic features a defense of politics against those who
advocated abstinence from public affairs. It defends a mixed
constitution, the actual arrangement of offices in the Roman
Republic, against simple forms of government. The Republic also
supplies material for students of Roman history as does On the
Laws. The Laws, moreover, presents the results of Cicero's
reflections as to how the republic needed to change in order not
only to survive but also to promote justice
David Fott s vigorous yet elegant English translation is
faithful to the originals. It is the first to appear since
publication of the latest critical edition of the Latin texts. This
book contains an introduction that both places Cicero in his
historical context and explicates the timeless philosophical issues
that he treats. The volume also provides a chronology of Cicero s
life, outlines of the two works, and indexes of personal names and
important terms."
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