The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume II (Dodo Press)
Автор:Marcus Tullius Cicero Год: 2008 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 564 ISBN: 9781409942054 Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist. He is widely considered one of Romea??s greatest orators and prose stylists. He is generally perceived to be one of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome. He introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary, distinguishing himself as a linguist, translator, and philosopher. An impressive orator and successful lawyer, he probably thought his political career his most important achievement. Today, he is appreciated primarily for his humanism and philosophical and political writings. Although a great master of Latin rhetoric and composition, Cicero was not Roman in the traditional sense, and was quite self-conscious of this for his entire life. He was declared a a??righteous pagana?? by the early Catholic Church, and therefore many of his works were deemed worthy of preservation. Saint Augustine and...
