Dec 16, 2009
Although scarcely read today, until the last century Cicero was one of the most widely admired writers of classical antiquity. His reputation was especially high in the period from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and it must be recognized that his writings have had an incalculable influence on the development of modern education and ethical and political thought, an influence so pervasive that it is still active even on those millions who have never read a word of Cicero. The writings of Cicero, the “typical” Roman, fall into three broad...
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