Complete Works of Cicero, The

Full title: The Complete Works pf Marcus Tullius Cicero 
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero 
Published: Hypatia Publishing 2023 
Format: Dead tree E-book
Content: Like the title says, including the ones that are fragmentary or lost. Eight books on rhetoric, eight on philosophy, and his 88 recorded speeches ans well as 130 letters to various members of the Roman elite at the end of the Republican era. And, one very erotic poem.
Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited for initiating the 14th-century Renaissance in public affairs, humanism, and classical Roman culture. According to Polish historian Tadeusz Zieliński, "the Renaissance was above all things a revival of Cicero, and only after him and through him of the rest of Classical antiquity." The peak of Cicero's authority and prestige came during the 18th-century Enlightenment, and his impact on leading Enlightenment thinkers and political theorists such as John Locke, David Hume, Montesquieu and Edmund Burke was substantial. His works rank among the most influential in global culture, and today still constitute one of the most important bodies of primary material for the writing and revision of Roman history, especially the last days of the Roman Republic.
The books are presented as usual, in the original Latin and in English, and in German, French, Italian, or Spanish without commentary. This a five volume set, and not cheap. Not a casual purchase.
==Reaction==
University Antiquity and Philosophy departments in the Americans and Europe are going spastic. The influence of Cicero on Western thought cannot be overestimated and this includes materiel never seen before. The book is moving in spite of the size and expense. Most do buy the e-book. Less shelf space or wallet impact. We expect much commnetaty on the new matrieal.
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