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The Treatises of M.T. Cicero
Cicero · 1853
An 1853 English translation collecting several of Cicero's philosophical and political works, including On the Republic and On the Laws.
This collects Cicero's own philosophical and political treatises, showing the breadth of his thinking beyond politics.
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What it is
This 1853 volume gathers English translations of several works by Cicero, including On the Nature of the Gods, On Divination, On Fate, On the Republic, On the Laws, and a piece on standing for the consulship. The translations were chiefly made by the editor, C.D. Yonge, building on earlier work by Francis Barham.
Why it matters
These treatises show Cicero not just as a politician and orator but as a thinker engaging with religion, fate, government and law. They reflect the intellectual culture of the late Roman Republic and Cicero's attempt to apply Greek philosophy to Roman life.
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- Why might a politician also write about philosophy and religion?
- What might it mean that earlier translations were revised and combined by later editors?
- How do Cicero's ideas about government compare with the political system he lived under?
This book is part of the curated material that grounds the AI version of Cicero on Humy.ai — when students ask about related events, the AI can quote it and cite it.
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