by Marcus Tullius Cicero · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788482880280
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«Sobre a vellez, sobre a amizade» is the volume of philosophical essays by Cicero, published by Editorial Galaxia in paperback.
The volume brings together two classical treatises by Cicero: in «Sobre a vellez» he reflects on how to face old age with serenity and dignity, and in «Sobre a amizade» he defends friendship as a necessary and virtuous good, based on honesty and mutual esteem.
1995 edition published by Editorial Galaxia, in the collection Clásicos en Galego (number 14).
For those interested in classical Roman thought and in the Galician editions of the great Greco-Latin authors.
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. The extensive writings of Cicero include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy, and politics. He is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists and the innovator of what became known as "Ciceronian rhetoric". Cicero was educated in Rome and in Greece. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and served as consul in 63 BC.
