CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Notes to the Introduction
PARALLEL LATIN TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
Appendix
COMMENTARY
Glossary of Stoic Terms
Bibliography
Index of Passages
Index of Names
Cicero's De Finibus 3 gives in Latin, through the persona
of Cato, an outline of Stoic ethical theory, and is the main continuous
text on this subject extant from the ancient world. This edition
with text and sub-titles, facing translation and commentary, aims
to present to the modern reader the arguments in a clear and accessible
form against the background of the turmoil of political events
in Rome surrounding the death of Caesar, and in a presentation
that will allow those with only a little Latin to follow the original
text. The Paradoxes give in a more popular form, and with
many examples from Roman life and history, the contradictions
resulting from a literal or unsympathetic application of strict
Stoic theory to practice.
Rosemary Wright has taught at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and was Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading. She is currently Head of Department at University of Wales, Lampeter.
224pp. (1991) cl 467 8 £35 / $59.99, pb 468 6 £16.50 / $28
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