Cicéron - Œuvres philosophiques de Cicéron - 1796

Superb 8-volume series of this precious testimony on the intellectual engagement of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator and philosopher -

The collection includes French translations of his major dialogues, offering a profound reflection on Stoic philosophy and Roman ethics -

Content :
T1 - The Academics translated by Durand
T2 - True goods and true evils translated by Regnier Desmarais
T3 - The Tusculans translated by Bouhier and D'olivet
T5 - On divination translated by Regnier Desmarais
T6 - Treatise on the laws translated by Morabin
T7 - On offices translated by Barrett
T8 - Laelius or On friendship, the Paradoxes and the Dream of Scipio translated by Barrett
T9 - On consolation translated by Morabin

The texts gathered in this edition belong to the philosophical tradition of the late Roman Republic and bear witness to Cicero's effort to transmit and adapt to the Latin-speaking public the great doctrines of Greek philosophy, notably those of Stoicism, Academic skepticism, and Epicureanism -

Cicero - Philosophical Works of Cicero - 1796 - Volumes I, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX - Missing Volume IV - Didot Jeune -
2089 pages.

Fair condition of the bindings, works in their full brown leather of the period, wear from use and sometimes some losses, headbands, corners and edges worn, red edges, smooth back adorned with gilded lines, gilded titles and volumes on red morocco pieces -

Good interior condition, rare foxing, a bookplate on the front paste-down of each volume -

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