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The Lost Republic : Cicero's de Oratore and de Re Publica / James E.G. Zetzel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zetzel, James E. G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De oratore.
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De republica.
- Political ethics--Early works to 1800.
- Political ethics.
- Republicanism--Early works to 1800.
- Republicanism.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (385 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- The Lost Republic offers a major, new interpretation of Cicero's dialogues On the Orator and On the Commonwealth. James Zetzel shows how Cicero shaped the two works as complementary explorations of the intellectual and moral underpinnings of civil society in the last years of the Roman Republic.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Mansuetiores musae
- Part 1
- 1. Genus dialogorum meorum
- 2. Cogitanti mihi
- 3. Vetera repetenti
- 4. Ratio dicendi
- 5. Eloquentem adhuc neminem
- 6. Praepotens et gloriosa philosophia
- 7. Cycnea vox
- Part 2
- 8. Prequel and Sequel
- 9. The Lost Republic
- 10. Dialogue and Dissatisfaction
- 11. Optimus status civitatis
- 12. Rerum publicarum natura
- 13. Iuris consensus
- 14. I Never Died, Said He
- Conclusion: The Lost Republic
- Appendix: Speeches and Trials
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 01, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Zetzel, James E.G. Lost Republic.
- ISBN:
- 9780197626108
- 0197626106
- 9780197626122
- 0197626122
- OCLC:
- 1306058932
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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