On Old Age (Cato the Elder).
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 6321 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 128 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2003 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251799698 |
Classic bilingual collection. When he wrote the Cato Maior, at the beginning of the year -44, at a time when the dying Republic was about to succumb to the daggers of Caesar's assassins, Cicero was cruelly feeling the weight of years (he was sixty-two years old). He imagined a short philosophical dialogue that he set in the glorious era of Rome, in -150. The young Scipio Aemilianus and Laelius took a life lesson from the old and still vigorous Cato (eighty-four years old). The reflections attributed to the former censor of -184 acted on the author of this treatise On Old Age like an elixir of youth and a consolation in his personal misfortunes and political disappointments. Strong and clear words, reflecting the strong character of the main character, to ward off the fear of aging.
Classic bilingual collection. When he wrote the Cato Maior, at the beginning of the year -44, at a time when the dying Republic was about to succumb to the daggers of Caesar's assassins, Cicero was cruelly feeling the weight of years (he was sixty-two years old). He imagined a short philosophical dialogue that he set in the glorious era of Rome, in -150. The young Scipio Aemilianus and Laelius took a life lesson from the old and still vigorous Cato (eighty-four years old). The reflections attributed to the former censor of -184 acted on the author of this treatise On Old Age like an elixir of youth and a consolation in his personal misfortunes and political disappointments. Strong and clear words, reflecting the strong character of the main character, to ward off the fear of aging.