Description: Further DetailsTitle: On ObligationsCondition: NewEAN: 9780199540716ISBN: 9780199540716Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/08/2008Item Height: 195mmItem Length: 126mmItem Width: 13mmLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: De OfficiisISBN-10: 0199540713Description: On Obligations (De officiis) was written by Cicero in late 44 BC after the assassination of Julius Caesar to provide principles of behaviour for aspiring politicians. It explores the apparent tensions between honourable conduct and expediency in public life, and the right and wrong ways of attaining political leadership. The principles of honourable behaviour are based on the Stoic virtues of wisdom, justice, magnanimity, and propriety; in Cicero's view the intrinsically useful is always identical with the honourable. Cicero's famous treatise has played a seminal role in the formation of ethical values in western Christendom. Adopted by the fourth-century Christian humanists, it beame transmuted into the moral code of the high Middle Ages. Thereafter, in the Renaissance from the time of Petrarch, and in the Age of Enlightenment that followed, it was given central prominence in discussion of the government of states. Today, when corruption and conflict in political life are the focus of so much public attention, On Obligations is still the foremost guide to good conduct. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsTopic: Language & ReferenceAuthor: CiceroTranslator: P. G. WalshContributor: P. G. Walsh (Translated by)Item Weight: 200gRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: On Obligations
Title: On Obligations
EAN: 9780199540716
ISBN: 9780199540716
Release Date: 05/08/2008
Release Year: 2008
Subtitle: De Officiis
ISBN-10: 0199540713
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Translator: P. G. Walsh
Contributor: P. G. Walsh (Translated by)
Book Title: On Obligations : De Officiis
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, History & Theory, General
Genre: Philosophy, Political Science
Item Weight: 7.1 Oz
Author: P. G. Walsh, Cicero
Item Length: 7.7 in
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback