Excerpt from M. Tulli Ciceronis Cato Maior De Senectute The Introduction has been made somewhat full in order to present, in convenient form, a sketch of Cicero's life, with a'brief account of what he has accomplished in literature, and more especially in philosophy. In the preparation of the sections which bear upon his standing as a philosopher and his relation to the leading schools, Mayor's admirable Sketch of Greek Philoso phy has been very helpful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from M. Tulli Ciceronis Cato Maior De Senectute: A Dialogue on Old Age It has been the aim of this revision to preserve the general characteristics of the Old edition while making such changes as newly accessible material and new methods of instruction have made desirable, -such changes as the original editors would have been likely to make if they had lived to carry through the work of revision. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from M. Tulli Ciceronis Cato Maior De Senectute: With Notes For the text of this edition, I have endeavored to utilize the critical material that has appeared since the publication of Milller's edition (leipsic, In the commentary the aim has been to give only such infor mation as the student needs for an adequate under standing of the text. All discussion of moot points, whether of text or interpretation, has been relegated to a. Critical Appendix. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from M. Tulli Ciceronis Cato Maior De Senectute: Edited for Schools and Colleges The time was one of desperate gloom for Cicero. The wound caused by his daughter's death' was still unhealed, and his brief outburst of joy over Caesar's end had been quickly succeeded by disgust and alarm at the proceedings of Antonius. It is easy to catch some echoes in the Cato maior of Cicero's grief at that time. When it is said that of all Cato's titles to admiration none is higher than the fortitude he showed in bear ing the death of his son', the writer is thinking of the struggle he himself had been waging against a like sorrow for more than a year past; and when Cato expresses his firm conviction that he should meet his child beyond the grave, we can see Cicero's own yearning for reunion with his deeply loved Tullia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This is a complete critical edition of Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute (On Old Age )with an introduction and commentary. The text is based on a fresh examination of the manuscript tradition while the introduction aims to place the work in the context of Cicero's writings on old age in the ancient world. The Roman and Ciceronian qualities of the work are emphasized, rather than the search for lost sources that occupied scholars in the past. Matters of text, language, and content are all considered equally in the commentary.