Old age, friendship and duties in Marcus Tullius Cicero’s philosophy

Studia Humanitatis

Khomutova Natalya Nikolaevna¹  Kretova Veronika Eduardovna¹ 

[1] North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (Saint Petersburg, Russia);

关键词: cicero;    old age;    death;    friendship;    valor;    honesty;    moral beauty;   

DOI  :  10.24411/2308-8079-2020-00005

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In the modern world, age is deemed old from the age of seventy-six. An ancient Roman orator, politician and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero was reasoning about the full-scale old age in his essay “On Old Age. On Friendship. On Duties”. In Romans’ opinion, among whom was Cicero, the process of ageing starts at forty-six years old and it is the people of this age who are the main topic of Cicero’s essay.

【 授权许可】

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