On Obligations: de Officiis - Paperback
by Cicero, P. G. Walsh
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Availability:In StockContributor:Cicero, P. G. WalshSeries:Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)Publish date:2008-07-15Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University Press, USAISBN-13:9780199540716ISBN-10:199540713UPC:9780199540716Book Category:Literary Criticism, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, Ancient, History & TheoryBook Topic:RomeSize:7.50 x 5.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCH69NZVCW
On Obligations: de Officiis
Cicero wrote On Obligations (De Officiis) in late 44 BC after the assassination of Julius Caesar to provide principles of behavior for aspiring politicians. It has subsequently played a seminal role in the formation of ethical values in western Christendom. Adopted by the fourth-century Christian humanists, it became transmuted into the moral code of the high Middle Ages. Thereafter, in the...
Series: Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University Press, USAISBN-13:9780199540716ISBN-10:199540713UPC:9780199540716Book Category:Literary Criticism, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, Ancient, History & TheoryBook Topic:RomeSize:7.50 x 5.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCH69NZVCW
P. G. Walsh has translated four previous classical works for OWC: Apuleius, The Golden Ass; Petronius, Satyricon; Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy; and Cicero, The Nature of the Gods
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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