Cicero's Social and Political Thought
"An important study, not simply because it is the first of its  kind but  because it presents the complex character of this scholar-politician and  the  relation of his life to his writings in greater depth than any recent  study. . .  . It is the constant temptation of Cicero scholarship to simplify this  complex  figure, a temptation too often indulged in recent decades. Neal Wood's  study is  a quantum improvement over the one-dimensional portrayals of the past."  --J.  Jackson Barlow, American Political Science Review"Cicero's attraction for Neal Wood lies in his influence on  later  Western political philosophy (Augustine, Bodin, Locke, Montesquieu (and  especially in his unashamed defense of private property and economic  individualism as part of a theory of state (the contemporary relevance  is  patent)." --Andrew Lintott, Times Higher Education Supplement"Neal Wood's new study comes as a compelling invitation to give  Cicero  once again the attention he deserves in our account of the history of  political  ideas."  --John Nicholson, Classical Outlook