The red flare : Cicero's On old age
Alternate Title: Cicero's On old age
Contributor: Cobbold, G. B.
Contents:
- Cicero's place in history
- On old age
- A note on the translation
- De senectute
- Dedication to Titus Pomponius Atticus and a brief introduction
- Scipio and Laelius persuade Cato to talk to them about old age
- Character is more important than age
- An example of excellent character : Quintus Fabius Maximus
- Old age need not be anything to complain about
- Everyone can be useful in old age, even though our roles will change
- We need not lose our mental powers : the key to happiness is to keep working
- We must look for new experiences and learn from other people
- The loss of physical vigor need not be a matter for regret
- Physical strength is not necessarily relevant to a productive life
- As our strength fails, we must keep our minds alert
- Sexual gratification is not what it is cracked up to be; it can even be damaging
- Moderation is good : there's nothing wrong with good food and good conversation
- Sex is not as exciting as intellectual activity
- Farming is a wonderful occupation as we get older
- Further pleasures of farm life
- Age does not hold us back from a happy life on the farm; it brings moral authority
- The authority that comes with old age
- We do not know when death will come, so it is pointless to be afraid of it
- Death comes when the time is right; we must recognize when we have had enough of life
- The nature of the soul : evidence suggests that it is immortal
- A Persian king talks of the immortality of the soul
- The prospects for undying glory and for the reunion of souls in another place.
Original Publisher: Mundelein, Illinois, USA
, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc.
Language(s): English
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