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Pahola Rodriguez
I.Annotated Bibliography:
Cicero, M. Tulius. De Officiis, trans. Walter Miller. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1913; Perseus Digital
Library.http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2007.01.0048%3A
book%3D1%3Asection%3D1 (accessed October 24, 2011).
De Officiis consist of a set of dialogs divided into three books addressed to Cicero’s son, Marcus Tulius Cicero
Minor who is studying philosophy in Athens, Greece. In these dialogs, Cicero, a Roman lawyer, philosopher, political
theorist and Stoic, explains his philosophy on duties and life to his son. He explains how to know what is honorable, how to
determine what behavior or actions are appropriate and what to do when the two seem to conflict. Then, he urges Marcus to
follow nature and wisdom, and to participate in politics rather than to seek pleasure and indolence. He also advices his son to
follow the Stoics, unless they make him defy moral standards. He also tells him that there needs to be political rights in a
country for it to conserve its moral values. Cicero, who helped found the Roman Republic, criticizes Caesar’s dictatorship
through out. Cicero uses multiple examples like anecdotes, information of events as they happened, quotes from Plato and
Aristotle, and Greek words and teachings to prove his point. Even though these books were addressed to his son, Cicero
wrote these books for a greater audience before he died. Cicero has multiple works but this one is one of the most important
because it was one of his last and it presented his view on life and the politics of Rome after the death of Caesar. This
translated Cambridge version includes footnotes that contain information about Cicero’s time to help the reader understand...