CICERO
Scipio's Dream.
The Beautiful Letters
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€13,50
| N° d'inventaire | 29841 |
| Format | 12 X 19.5 |
| Détails | 144 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251454566 |
As the triumphant Roman Republic crumbles and falls into ruin, Cicero recounts the moving vision that Scipio Aemilianus had in his sleep. Here we are, through the power of words and dreams, transported to the highest heavens to contemplate the movement of the stars, to the sound of the music of the spheres and the light of a thousand suns. It is up to us to share a spectacle destined to lead us to a poignant reflection on humanity, on its memory and on its future. It is up to us to verify, back on earth, what eternity we are still capable of in a world where no day escapes the night.
In its disturbing and fascinating strangeness, this short text overflows with wisdom and poetry. If centuries of glory are followed by millennia of oblivion, the soul, immortal, is the only good to cultivate. With this new, crystalline and precise translation, Jean-Louis Poirier brings to the general public these astonishing pages, known only to specialists.
In its disturbing and fascinating strangeness, this short text overflows with wisdom and poetry. If centuries of glory are followed by millennia of oblivion, the soul, immortal, is the only good to cultivate. With this new, crystalline and precise translation, Jean-Louis Poirier brings to the general public these astonishing pages, known only to specialists.
In its disturbing and fascinating strangeness, this short text overflows with wisdom and poetry. If centuries of glory are followed by millennia of oblivion, the soul, immortal, is the only good to cultivate. With this new, crystalline and precise translation, Jean-Louis Poirier brings to the general public these astonishing pages, known only to specialists.