On the Good Life by Cicero - Folio Society edition

On the Good Life by Cicero

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On the Good Life by Cicero - Folio Society edition
Folio Society
Philosophy

On the Good Life by Cicero

Cicero

Edition year 2003
Binding Leather
Illustrator Simon Brett
Weight 1.5 Kg
Pages 415
Dimensions 25 × 17.7 cm

Edition details

On the Good Life by Cicero. Translation by Michael Grant. Preface by A.C.Grayling. Engravings by Simon Brett. Quarter-bound in dark brown leather with cream paper boards illustrated with an engraving of the philosopher. 25x17.7cm. 415pp. Single volume issue from 2003 Great Philospophers of the Ancient World set.

About the book

On the Good Life brings together philosophical works by the Roman statesman and writer Cicero concerned with ethics and human conduct. Cicero examines friendship, duty, virtue, old age and the search for happiness, drawing heavily on Greek philosophical traditions. His accessible style helped transmit many classical ideas to later European readers.

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