Complete Works of Cicero

by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cicero's Rome's greatest orator, Marcus Tullius Cicero was a renowned philosopher and political theorist whose influence upon the history of European literature has been immense. For the first time in digital publishing history, readers can now enjoy Cicero’s complete works in English and Latin on their eReaders, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cicero's life and works
* Features the complete works of Cicero, in both English translation and the original Latin
* Concise introductions to the orations, treatises and other works
* The complete speeches, with rare fragments, arranged in precise chronological order
* Includes many translations previously appearing in Loeb Classical Library editions of Cicero’s works
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the orations or treatises you want to read with individual contents tables
* Includes rare fragments of Cicero's epic poem, first time in digital print
* Many rare treatises appearing here for the first time in digital print
* Features four biographies – immerse yourself in Cicero's ancient world!
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* UPDATED with corrections

CONTENTS:

Orations
PRO QUINCTIO
PRO ROSCIO AMERINO
PRO Q. ROSCIO COMOEDO
PRO TULLIO
DIVINATIO IN CAECILIUM
IN VERREM
PRO FONTEIO
PRO CAECINA
PRO LEGE MANILIA
PRO CLUENTIO
IN TOGA CANDIDA
PRO RABIRIO PERDUELLIONIS REO
PRO MURENA
IN CATILINAM I-IV
DE LEGE AGRARIA CONTRA RULLUM
PRO SULLA
PRO ARCHIA POETA)
PRO FLACCO
POST REDITUM IN SENATU
POST REDITUM IN QUIRITES
DE HARUSPICUM RESPONSIS
DE DOMO SUA
PRO SESTIO
PRO CAELIO
PRO BALBO
IN VATINIUM TESTEM
DE PROVINCIIS CONSULARIBUS
IN PISONEM
PRO RABIRIO POSTUMO
PRO PLANCIO
PRO MILONE
PRO REGE DEIOTARO
PRO MARCELLO
PRO LIGARIO
PHILIPPICAE
FRAGMENTS OF SPEECHES

Rhetorical and Political Treatises
DE INVENTIONE (About the Composition of Arguments)
DE ORATORE AD QUINTUM FRATREM LIBRI TRES (On the Orator)
DE PARTITIONIBUS ORATORIAE (About the Subdivisions of Oratory)
DE OPTIMO GENERE ORATORUM (About the Best Kind of Orators)
DE RE PUBLICA (On the Republic)
BRUTUS (Short History of Orators)
ORATOR AD M. BRUTUM (About the Orator)
TOPICA (Topics of Argumentation)
DE LEGIBUS (On the Laws)

Philosophical Treatises
PARADOXA STOICORUM (Stoic Paradoxes)
ACADEMICA (The Academics)
DE FINIBUS BONORUM ET MALORUM (About the Ends of Goods and Evils)
TUSCULANAE QUAESTIONES (Tusculum Disputations)
DE NATURA DEORUM (On the Nature of the Gods)
DE DIVINATIONE (On Divination)
DE FATO (On Fate)
CATO MAIOR DE SENECTUTE (On Old Age)
LAELIUS DE AMICITIA (On Friendship)
DE OFFICIIS (On Duties)

Letters
EPISTULAE AD ATTICUM (Letters to Atticus)
EPISTULAE AD QUINTUM FRATREM (Letters to his brother Quintus)
EPISTULAE AD BRUTUM (Letters to Brutus)
EPISTULAE AD FAMILIARES (Letters to his friends)

Poetry
DE CONSULATU SUO (On Cicero’s Consulship)

Spurious Works

Genres: Philosophy, Classics, History, Collections

13025 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 9, 2014

About the author

Born 3 January 106 BC, Arpinum, Italy
Died 7 December 43 BC (aged 63), Formia, Italy

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

Alternate profiles:
Cicéron
Marco Tullio Cicerone


Note: All editions should have Marcus Tullius Cicero as primary author. Editions with another name on the cover should have that name added as secondary author.

Reviews

[Massimo Pigliucci · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a public advocate, statesman, and philosopher who made a huge political impact on the late Roman Republic and whose writings have influenced people for two millennia. This isn't the kind of book one can, and perhaps even should, read cover to cover. Rather, you should take the time to browse the table of contents, pick an essay or a letter or an oration, immerse yourself in it, then emerge, take a break, and dive back in when you feel the urge again. Believe me, you will find yourself going back to Cicero for years to come.

[Robert Goulding · Rating 2 out of 5]

Needs editorial work

The selection is comprehensive, and translations good. But the Latin is practically unusable, because Cicero uses Greek words and phrases abundantly - in his letters, sometimes every sentence. And the Greek has been left as complete gibberish. Disappointing. I hope someone at Delphi goes through and fixes this for a future edition.

[Ondrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can you rate a book composing of all written and said works of one of the greatest orator this planet has ever seen? I give this book five stars with clear concience. And I even haven't read everything, only the parts that interested me the most. There are hundreds of letters just to Cicero's friend Atticus and half of them are just about buying real estates and art works, so not exactly a thrilling read. Then there are transcripts of his lawsuit cases and his own philosophical books. Each section has hundreds of pages at least.

This book is half English (apart from small grammatical errrors, it's fine) and half Latin - for those that would like to read the exact words this Titan spoke. Unfortunatelly I don't speak Latin, but who knows, maybe one day. Other than that I can only say how privileged I felt while reading this as I am a hardcore fan of Cicero. If you'd like to read what he had to about past Roman political affairs and his personal struggles, virtues and vices this is a book for you.

[Garth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the whole bloody thing. Took me over a month but I did it. I will NEVER pick up a book with that many pages again. It was well nigh impossible to keep track of all the places and names, so much so that I ended up trashing my notes. Marcus Tullius"Circumlocution" Cicero was a man of many words, in fact, without breaking a sweat, he could use up to 500 words for what could easily have been described in seven...
Apart from that and the headache of reading around 500 pages a day I have to say it was worth it. I thought the Complete works of Virgil were much more enjoyable but this is a good book. From now on, however, I doubt I will even consider any book of more than 1500 pages ever again.

[Ben Brodt · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is just too much to break this apart. I give Cicero three big booms

[Greg S · Rating 4 out of 5]

His speeches are long (makes sense) but fascinating.

It helps to understand the political climate as well. Cicero was not a powerful man, except for his strength of oration. So each speech is a small man among the more powerful and dangerous elements of Rome.

I find I enjoy examining his word choices; strong and precise at times, alliteration and repetition used at times. He carefully words and builds a foundation to the inevitable accusation or defense.

By the end of the speech he has made a logical progression, used certain words for penetrating power, and rhythm/repetition to drive in point.

All along the way he plays his arguments for the crowd.
Ie. Everyone in the crowd had slaves, so he adds to his argument to continue would be to destroy slave conventions. Or it would be an attack on nobility. Or an attack on inheritance. Etc.

He frames the argument to touch on things the audience cares about deeply.