Cicero wrote speeches, dialogues, letters and philosophical works that shaped later thinking about rhetoric, politics, friendship and civic duty. On Duties considers moral obligation and the relationship between what is honourable and what seems useful, while On the Republic and On the Laws examine government, justice and political order through dialogue. On the Orator discusses the education and qualities required of a public speaker, and the surviving letters give a close view of Roman political life during the collapse of the Republic. Cicero’s prose is argumentative, rhetorical and often highly personal. His work belongs with classical philosophy, Roman history, political thought, rhetoric and primary-source reading on the late Republic. Read more Less
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