The red flare
Subtitle: Cicero's On old age
By: translated by G.B. Cobbold
Contributors: Cobbold, G. B.
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Mundelein, Illinois, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9780865167827
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Old age
Other titles: Cicero's On old age
Work titles: Cato maior de senectute
Table of contents: title: Cicero's place in history; title: On old age; title: A note on the translation; title: De senectute; title: Dedication to Titus Pomponius Atticus and a brief introduction; title: Scipio and Laelius persuade Cato to talk to them about old age; title: Character is more important than age; title: An example of excellent character: Quintus Fabius Maximus; title: Old age need not be anything to complain about; title: Everyone can be useful in old age, even though our roles will change; title: We need not lose our mental powers: the key to happiness is to keep working; title: We must look for new experiences and learn from other people; title: The loss of physical vigor need not be a matter for regret; title: Physical strength is not necessarily relevant to a productive life; title: As our strength fails, we must keep our minds alert; title: Sexual gratification is not what it is cracked up to be; it can even be damaging; title: Moderation is good: there's nothing wrong with good food and good conversation; title: Sex is not as exciting as intellectual activity; title: Farming is a wonderful occupation as we get older; title: Further pleasures of farm life; title: Age does not hold us back from a happy life on the farm; it brings moral authority; title: The authority that comes with old age; title: We do not know when death will come, so it is pointless to be afraid of it; title: Death comes when the time is right; we must recognize when we have had enough of life; title: The nature of the soul: evidence suggests that it is immortal; title: A Persian king talks of the immortality of the soul; title: The prospects for undying glory and for the reunion of souls in another place.