On moral ends
By: Cicero ; edited by Julia Annas ; translated by Raphael Woolf.
Contributors: Annas, Julia.
Series: Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: This new translation makes one of the most important texts in ancient philosophy freshly available to modern readers. Cicero is increasingly being appreciated as an intelligent and well-educated amateur philosopher, and in this work he presents the major ethical theories of his time in a way designed to get the reader philosophically engaged in the important debates. Raphael Woolf's translation does justice to Cicero's argumentative vigour as well as to the philosophical ideas involved, while Julia Annas's introduction and notes provide a clear and accessible explanation of the philosophical context of the work. This edition will appeal to all readers interested in this central text in ancient philosophy and the history of ethics.
Notes: Translated from the Latin.
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxii-xxxiii) and indexes.