On Living and Dying Well

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Habinek is Professor of Classics at University of Southern California. His most recent books include The World of Roman Song: From Ritualized Speech to Social Order and Ancient Rhetoric and Orator y. He is an editor of the journal Classical Antiquity and editor of the book series Classics and Contemporary Thought . Klappentext Philosophical writings on "the good life" by the great Roman orator, in a vital new translation In the first century BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator, statesman, and defender of republican values, created these philosophical treatises on such diverse and trenchant topics as friendship, religion, death, fate, and scientific inquiry. This lucid and lively new translation renders the great Roman's writings accessible to modern readers as never before. Cicero was a pragmatist at heart, but his philosophies were frequently personal and ethical, drawn not from abstract reasoning but from careful observation of the world. The resulting work reminds us of the importance of social ties, the question of free will, and the justification of creative endeavor. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung Includes treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry.

About the author

Thomas Habinek is Professor of Classics at University of Southern California. His most recent books include The World of Roman Song: From Ritualized Speech to Social Order and Ancient Rhetoric and Oratory. He is an editor of the journal Classical Antiquity and editor of the book series Classics and Contemporary Thought.

Product details

• Authors: Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Thomas Habinek
• Assisted by: Thomas Habinek (Introduction), Thomas Habinek (Translation), Thomas N. Habinek (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.07.2012
• EAN: 9780140455564
• ISBN: 978-0-14-045556-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Ancient, classical and medieval texts