Book contents
- Cicero’s De Officiis
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Cicero’s De Officiis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Framework of De Officiis
- Part II The Role of Virtue
- Part III Exemplary Ethics
- Part IV Self and Society
- Part V Politics
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Critical Guides
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2023
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Book contents
- Cicero’s De Officiis
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Cicero’s De Officiis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Framework of De Officiis
- Part II The Role of Virtue
- Part III Exemplary Ethics
- Part IV Self and Society
- Part V Politics
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Critical Guides
Summary
In this Introduction, I first discuss the title, form and method of De Officiis, with a focus on Cicero’s prefaces to the three books that comprise the work, in order both to complement the essays that follow and because the prefaces give important information about Cicero’s compositional methods and motives. Having thus put the work into context, I go on to explain and discuss the structure of the volume itself, and offer a brief outline of the individual chapters.
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- Cicero's ‘De Officiis'A Critical Guide, pp. 1 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023