Academica by Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Academica" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a philosophical work written in 45 BCE. This fragmentary text presents over 250 years of debates between Stoics and Academic Skeptics about the nature of knowledge and certainty. Written during personal turmoil following his daughter's death, Cicero uses dialogue format to champion Academic Skepticism against rival philosophical schools. The work survives in pieces from two editions, preserving ancient arguments about whether certain knowledge is possible and
how we should approach truth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 107 BCE-44 BCE |
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| Editor | Reid, James S. (James Smith), 1846-1926 |
| Title | Academica |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academica_(Cicero) |
| Credits |
Produced by Ted Garvin, Keith Edkins and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| Language | Latin |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Philosophy -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 14970 |
| Release Date | Feb 8, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 19, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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