Ambrose: De officiis. Volume 1: Introduction, Text, and Translation. Volume 2: Commentary. Pp. 982 (numbered continuously). Edited by Ivor J. Davidson. (Oxford Early Christian Studies.) Oxford University Press, 2001. isbn 0 19 827023 2 (Vol. 1), 827024 0 (Vol. 2), and 924578 9 (set). £120
One of the most influential books of antiquity was Cicero's De officiis, which used to be read by virtually every educated person until the middle of the nineteenth century and is today read by hardly anyone. Written in the aftermath of the assassination of Julius Caesar, it was concerned to pr...
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2005
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 677-681 |
| Review of: | De officiis ; Vol. 1: Introduction, text and translation (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2008) (Lenox-Conyngham, Andrew)
De officiis ; 1: Introduction, text, and translation (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001) (Lenox-Conyngham, Andrew) |
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| Summary: | One of the most influential books of antiquity was Cicero's De officiis, which used to be read by virtually every educated person until the middle of the nineteenth century and is today read by hardly anyone. Written in the aftermath of the assassination of Julius Caesar, it was concerned to provide a moral guide amidst the chaos then afflicting the Roman Republic. Over four centuries later St Ambrose wrote a work with the same title, whose structure was largely based upon that of Cicero's treatise. Cicero wrote his work purportedly for his son Marcus; Ambrose for his spiritual sons, i.e. the clergy in Milan. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fli180 |