M Tulli Ciceronis Cato Maior De Senectute Edited With Introduction And Notes

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Cato Maior de Senectute with Introduction and Notes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

n his youth, in preparation for a public career, Cicero devoted himself with ardour and success to the study of philosophy, and, during the whole of an exceptionally busy life, spent all his spare moments in reading and in the society of the learned. As a relaxation from public employment he produced in 55 B.C. his De oratore, in 54 his De republica and in 52 his De legibus. His choice of literature as his chief pursuit was due to political causes.

"Cato Maior de Senectute", from Cicero, with Introduction and Notes by James S. Reid, 1882. Cicero was a Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul and constitutionalist (106-43 BC).

This is a complete critical edition of Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute (On Old Age )with an introduction and commentary. The text is based on a fresh examination of the manuscript tradition while the introduction aims to place the work in the context of Cicero's writings on old age in the ancient world. The Roman and Ciceronian qualities of the work are emphasized, rather than the search for lost sources that occupied scholars in the past. Matters of text, language, and content are all considered equally in the commentary.

Excerpt from M. Tulli Ciceronis Cato Maior De Senectute: With Notes For the text of this edition, I have endeavored to utilize the critical material that has appeared since the publication of Milller's edition (leipsic, In the commentary the aim has been to give only such infor mation as the student needs for an adequate under standing of the text. All discussion of moot points, whether of text or interpretation, has been relegated to a. Critical Appendix. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

With Introduction and Notes by James S. Reid, first published in 1882.