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Tusculanae disputationes

by Cicero · 1539

History · ranked #57 in category

Cicero composed these discourses while in his villa in Tusculum as he was mourning the death of his daughter, in order to convey his philosophy of how to live wisely and well. They take the form of fi

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1539 · 1530s
Author
Cicero
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