The Republic and The Laws (Oxford World's Classics)
by:
Cicero (author)
Jonathan Powell (author)
Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible government written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic in a dialogue following Plato. This is the first complete English translation of both works for over sixty years and features a lucid introduction, a table of...
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Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible government written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic in a dialogue following Plato. This is the first complete English translation of both works for over sixty years and features a lucid introduction, a table of dates, notes on the Roman constitution, and an index of names.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780192832368 (0192832360)
Publish date: October 1st 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Science,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Political Science,
Law
This work is devided into 6 books. Most of the books are dedicated to discuss the best way of government for achieving the true Republic ('public thing'), a fair society with equal rights for all citizens. It is presented as a dialogue among friends. They present the pro and con of monarchy, aristoc...