Tusculanae Quaestiones

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The Tusculanae Quaestiones, also known as the Tusculan Disputations, is a series of books written by Cicero, around 45 BC ¹, attempting to popularise philosophy in Ancient Rome. It is so called as it was reportedly written at his home in Tusculum. The positions argued by Cicero in his books are related to the philosophy of Stoicism.

The Tusculanae Quaestiones consists of five books:

1. "On the contempt of death"
2. "On bearing pain"
3. "On grief of mind"
4. "On other perturbations of the mind"
5. "Whether virtue alone be sufficient for a happy life"

Footnotes

¹ According to the introduction in The Loeb Classical Library volume for this work. Tusculan Disputations, with an English translation by John Edward King, Litt.D., Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1950, first edition printed in 1927. ISBN 0674991567.

References

• [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry]

External links

• [e-book] at Project Gutenberg

 

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