- ISSN: 0165-8204
- E-ISSN: 2667-1573
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Cicero’s Tusculanae Disputationes
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Lampas, Volume 51, Issue 1, jan. 2018, p. 61 - 79
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Summary
This article offers an introduction to Cicero’s philosophical writings in general and his Tusculan Disputations in particular. Two passages from this treatise are part of the set texts for the Dutch final school exam Latin in 2018 (1.96-104 and 5.57-62). After introducing Cicero philosophus, it offers a synopsis of the Tusculan Disputations and a selective discussion of the aforementioned passages, with some suggestions for the classroom.
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