A fresh and exciting study of Cicero's philosophical activities and the enduring interest of his ethical and political thought.

Sean McConnell is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Otago.

Introduction; 1. Exploring the relationship between philosophy and politics; 2. Cicero and Plato's Seventh Epistle; 3. Cicero and Dicaearchus; 4. A Stoic lecture: Epistulae ad familiares 9.22; 5. Dealing with Caesar: the ¿¿¿ß¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿; Conclusions.