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Author:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, author.

Title:

On the commonwealth ; and, On the laws / edited and translated by James E.G. Zetzel.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

lx, 212 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Political science--Early works to 1800.
State, The--Early works to 1800.
Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference.

Other Authors:

Zetzel, James E. G., translator. translator.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De republica. English.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De legibus. English.

Other Titles:

Works. Selections. English. 2017
On the laws.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Editor's note; Introduction; Text and translation; Bibliography; Chronology; Synopsis; Part I. On the Commonwealth: 1. Book I; 2. Book II; 3. Book III; 4. Book IV; 5. Book V; 6. Book VI; 7. Unplaced fragments; Part II. On the Laws: 1. Book I; 2. Book II; 3. Book III; 4. Fragments.

Summary:

"Cicero's On the Commonwealth and On the Laws were his first and most substantial attempts to adapt Greek theories of political life to the circumstances of the Roman Republic. They represent Cicero's understanding of government and remain his most important works of political philosophy. On the Commonwealth survives only in part, and On the Laws was never completed. The new edition of this volume has been revised throughout to take account of recent scholarship, and features a new introduction, a new bibliography, a chronological table and a biographical index. James E. G. Zetzel offers a scholarly reconstruction of the fragments of On the Commonwealth and a masterly translation of both dialogues. The texts are further supported by notes and synopsis, designed to assist students in politics, philosophy, ancient history, law and classics"-- Provided by publisher.
"Cicero's On the Commonwealth (De re publica) and On the Laws (De legibus) represent the most significant surviving contribution to political thought in the 700+ years between the death of Aristotle and Augustine's City of God. They are ambitious and complex works, difficult to interpret not merely because so little survives of the Hellenistic philosophy on which Cicero drew, but because we possess only parts of them: On the Commonwealth is fragmentary, and perhaps a third of it is still extant, while On the Laws not only survives only in part (three books out of at least five), but was apparently left unfinished at Cicero's death. The goal of this introduction is to offer some background for reading these texts and some explanation of their form, structure, and arguments"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

ISBN:

1316505561
9781316505564
1107140064
9781107140066

OCLC:

(OCoLC)990183101

LCCN:

2017012404

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)