Project Gutenberg 2005-02-09 Public domain in the USA. 1632 Cicero, Marcus Tullius -106 -43 Yonge, Charles Duke 1812 1891 Yonge, C. D. (Charles Duke) Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusculanae_Disputationes Produced by Ted Garvin, Hagen von Eitzen and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Cicero's Tusculan Disputations" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a philosophical treatise written in the late Roman Republic period. This work presents a series of five dialogues in which Cicero addresses various philosophical questions concerning the nature of death, the essence of happiness, and the role of virtue in life. The primary focus is to provide a philosophical framework to help individuals confront and understand their anxieties surrounding death and suffering. The opening of the text introduces the context of its creation, highlighting Cicero's personal grief due to the death of his daughter, Tullia, which prompted him to seek solace in philosophical discussions. In the first book, Cicero, engaging in a dialogue with friends, begins to tackle the fear of death. He argues that death should not be perceived as an evil and explores their underlying beliefs about life, existence, and morality. Cicero employs rhetorical questioning to challenge and refine his arguments, inviting his participants to reconsider their assumptions about mortality and the nature of human suffering. This engaging discursive style sets the stage for further exploration of fundamental philosophical concepts throughout the subsequent dialogues. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Theology -- Early works to 1800 Political science -- Early works to 1800 State, The -- Early works to 1800 Happiness -- Early works to 1800 Gods, Roman -- Early works to 1800 Rome -- Politics and government -- 265-30 B.C. PA Text Classical Antiquity Category: Classics of Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 1187531 2025-08-06T12:08:10.374886 text/html 1173534 2020-12-19T10:45:39 text/html 508763 2025-08-06T12:08:25.577715 application/epub+zip 530521 2025-08-06T12:08:14.301808 application/epub+zip 516344 2025-08-06T12:08:12.723841 application/epub+zip 954660 2025-08-06T12:08:33.901713 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 917980 2025-08-06T12:08:24.479790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 893369 2022-09-07T19:21:32.557508 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1069489 2025-08-06T12:08:08.540800 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1068877 2020-12-19T10:45:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1069212 2020-12-19T10:45:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22637 2025-08-06T12:08:34.072681 application/rdf+xml 16509 2025-08-06T12:08:13.284788 image/jpeg 3817 2025-08-06T12:08:13.005776 image/jpeg 395521 2020-12-19T10:45:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 417078 2020-12-19T10:45:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 395235 2020-12-19T10:45:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 496295 2025-08-06T12:08:10.460864 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia