
I have just published a new e-booklet on the theme of Cicero and Stoicism: Brief Introductions to De Finibus, Stoic Paradoxes, and Tusculan Disputations.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer, and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BCE. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome’s greatest orators and prose stylists. He lived in turbulent times, being a contemporary of Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, Mark Anthony, and the future emperor Octavian Augustus.
The new e-booklet contains 10 essays and runs to about 18,500 words. Here is the table of contents:
De Finibus and the nature of Stoic philosophy (parts I & II)
Cicero’s criticism of Stoicism (parts I & II)
Stoic Paradoxes
Tusculan Disputations: I. On contempt of death
Tusculan Disputations: II. On bearing pain
Tusculan Disputations: III. On grief of mind
Tusculan Disputations: IV. On other perturbations of the mind
Tusculan Disputations: V. Whether virtue alone be sufficient for a happy life
Thank you Massimo! Do you sleep?
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Oh yes, about 8 hours per night…
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Massimo can sleep because he has an IQ of 300 and employs an army of clones he created through his prior biological research!
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Michael, how did you find out??
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