Treatises on Friendship and Old Age
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Introductory Note
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On Friendship Part 1
48:41 -
On Friendship Part 2
47:12 -
On Old Age Part 1
45:08 -
On Old Age Part 2
40:47
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Trust depends on being willing both to hear the truth and to speak it in these two philosophical discussions. Cicero presents friendship through a conversation associated with Laelius, recalled by Scaevola and arranged so that the speakers seem to address one another directly. The companion treatise gives Cato the leading voice on old age. Both works are dedicated to Atticus, placing their broad subjects within the setting of personal acquaintance and remembered Roman conversation.
In the discussion of friendship, flattery is a practical danger rather than a minor fault of manners. Political speeches and comic characters supply examples of the ways people encourage praise they already want to believe. E. S. Shuckburgh's English translation lets readers follow this argument about sincerity, vanity and judgment. The pair offers a starting point for considering friendship and later life through the conversational form of ancient moral philosophy.
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- Marcus Tullius Cicero
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