Laelius, on Friendship (Laelius De Amicitia) · &, the Dream of Scipio (Somnium Scipionis)

Laelius, on Friendship (Laelius De Amicitia) · &, the Dream of Scipio (Somnium Scipionis)
Authors
Cicero, Marcus Tullius & Powell, J.G.F.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Tags
scipio aemilianus; p. cornelius , friendship - early works to 1800 , conduct of life , ancient , cicero; marcus tullius - translations into english , scipio , ancient & classical , general , history & surveys , history , rome , friendship , classics , early works to 1800 , philosophy
ISBN
9780856684418
Date
1976-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.08 MB
Lang
en
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Cicero's essay On Friendship (Laelius de amicitia) is of interest as much for the light it sheds on Roman society as for its embodiment of ancient philosophical views on the subjects of friendship. The Dream of Scipio was excerpted in late antiquity from Cicero's De Republica, a dialogue in six books which now only survives in fragmentary form.