Cicero: On Fate, with Boethius, Consolation V (Classical Texts S) [Paperback]

R.W. Sharples (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0856684767 | ISBN-13: 978-0856684760 | Publication Date: December 1, 1992

Cicero and Boethius did more than anyone else to transmit the insights of Greek philosophy to the Latin culture of Western Europe which has played so influential a part in our civilisation to this day. Cicero's treatise On Fate, though surviving only in a fragmentary and mutilated state, records contributions to the discussion of a central philosophical issue, that of free will and determinism, which are comparable in importance to those of twentieth-century philosophers and indeed sometimes anticipate them. Study of the treatise has been hindered by the lack of a combined Latin text and English translation based on a clear understanding of the arguments; Dr Sharples' text is intended to meet this need. The last book of Boethius' Consolation is linked with Cicero's treatise by its theme, the relation of divine foreknowledge to human freedom. Text with translation and commentary. (Aris and Phillips 1992)

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Aris & Phillips (December 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0856684767
• ISBN-13: 978-0856684760
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,898,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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