Treatise on the Commonwealth
The Treatise on the Commonwealth is Cicero’s imitation of Plato’s dialogue The Republic where he uses Stoic philosophy to explain Roman constitutional theory. He makes a connection between moral government and individual moral virtue.
The Political Works of Marcus Tullius Cicero: Comprising his Treatise on the Commonwealth; and his Treatise on the Laws. Translated from the original, with Dissertations and Notes in Two Volumes. By Francis Barham, Esq. (London: Edmund Spettigue, 1841-42). Vol. 1.
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- Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Translator: Francis Foster Barham
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Table of Contents
- PREFACE.
- a REVIEW of the LIFE AND POLITICS OF CICERO.
- A REVIEW of the HISTORY OF CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- Of the authors that have noticed Cicero’s Commonwealth, from the Christian Era to the Seventh Century.
- On the authors who have noticed Cicero’s Commonwealth from the Seventh to the Twelfth Century.
- On the expectations of discovering Cicero’s Commonwealth in the subsequent Centuries.
- INTRODUCTION to the FIRST BOOK OF CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- FRAGMENTS.
- INTRODUCTION to the SECOND BOOK OF CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- FRAGMENTS.
- INTRODUCTION to the THIRD BOOK OF CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- FRAGMENTS.
- INTRODUCTION to the FOURTH BOOK OF CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- FRAGMENTS.
- INTRODUCTION to the FIFTH BOOK OF CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- FRAGMENTS.
- INTRODUCTION to the SIXTH BOOK OF CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- FRAGMENTS.
- NOTES to the FIRST BOOK OF CICERO’S COMMONWEALTH.
- NOTE I.
- NOTE II.
- NOTE III.
- NOTE IV.
- NOTES TO THE SECOND BOOK.
- NOTE I.
- NOTE II.
- NOTE III.
- NOTES TO THE THIRD BOOK.
- NOTE I.
- NOTE II.
- NOTE III.
- NOTES TO THE FOURTH BOOK.
- NOTE I.
- NOTE II.
- NOTES TO THE FIFTH BOOK.
- NOTE I.
- NOTE II.
- NOTES TO THE SIXTH BOOK.
- NOTE I.
- NOTE II.
- NOTE III.
- NOTE IV.
- NOTE V.
- NOTE VI.
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