Cicero's Tusculan disputations;: also treatises On the nature of the gods, and On the commonwealth
(2016)
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[United States] : Interactive Media : Made available through hoopla, 2016
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1 online resource
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9781787240216 (electronic bk.) MWT11803360, 1787240215 (electronic bk.) 11803360
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English
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Cicero introduces his subject by showing that men were not born for the mere abstract study of philosophy, but that the study of philosophic truth should always be made as practical as possible, and applicable to the great interests of philanthropy and patriotism. Cicero endeavors to show the benefit of mingling the contemplative or philosophic with the political and active life
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