Buy new:
-11% $23.95
FREE delivery Thursday, May 16 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35
Ships from: Amazon.com
Sold by: Amazon.com
$23.95 with 11 percent savings
List Price: $26.95

The List Price is the suggested retail price of a new product as provided by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller. Except for books, Amazon will display a List Price if the product was purchased by customers on Amazon or offered by other retailers at or above the List Price in at least the past 90 days. List prices may not necessarily reflect the product's prevailing market price.
Learn more
Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns
FREE delivery Thursday, May 16 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35
Or fastest delivery Wednesday, May 15. Order within 17 hrs 46 mins
Only 9 left in stock (more on the way).
$$23.95 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$23.95
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Ships from
Amazon.com
Ships from
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Returns
30-day easy returns
30-day easy returns
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Returns
30-day easy returns
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Payment
Secure transaction
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
$11.85
Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized. See less
$3.99 delivery May 20 - 24. Details
Or fastest delivery May 16 - 21. Details
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
$$23.95 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$23.95
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Ships from and sold by midtownscholarbookstore.
Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Marcus Tullius Cicero
+ Follow
More books from this author
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

"On the Republic" and "On the Laws" (Agora Editions) Paperback – January 15, 2014

by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), David Fott (Translator)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$23.95","priceAmount":23.95,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"23","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"95","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"8DD%2BaLAL8i0WKwrYLvB7QMvhau%2BlZeUnnCca1jZxqgzo%2FXFvOu%2F3sDQ5kflui1qSg4T2tXQKjkD8aO6Qgr9lV7PjtL3BwrFoBEbuOm%2BkdfRrvEz2yoRlT6XEprIJaysi8H9fgxeTtKOxfcK1vFiFlQ%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"$11.85","priceAmount":11.85,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"11","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"85","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"8DD%2BaLAL8i0WKwrYLvB7QMvhau%2BlZeUncjpUfFigLBW3CDtMGj%2FB19a9ayZ4i6GfLYRYHEVEKa%2BlUw%2BfBGpEYr3G6IefwDk8DbzSQ7C26VLcZXqkHqaCQi3rWZf5I9sdfEg8RgOgLslUVsniyFPIIUggkL18DLV%2FFItwBWZ%2Biag%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

"This is an excellent book. David Fott's scrupulously accurate and smoothly readable translation makes Cicero’s precise use of terms available to the English reader. And of course these two works by Cicero are of the greatest value for our continuing inquiries into republican government."―James H. Nichols, Claremont McKenna College

Cicero’s On the Republic and On the Laws are his major works of political philosophy. They offer his fullest treatment of fundamental political questions: Why should educated people have any concern for politics? Is the best form of government simple, or is it a combination of elements from such simple forms as monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy? Can politics be free of injustice? The two works also help us to think about natural law, which many people have considered since ancient times to provide a foundation of unchanging, universal principles of justice.

On the Republic features a defense of politics against those who advocated abstinence from public affairs. It defends a mixed constitution, the actual arrangement of offices in the Roman Republic, against simple forms of government. The Republic also supplies material for students of Roman history—as does On the Laws. The Laws moreover presents the results of Cicero’s reflections as to how the republic needed to change in order not only to survive but also to promote justice.

David Fott’s vigorous yet elegant English translation is faithful to the originals. It is the first to appear since publication of the latest critical edition of the Latin texts. This book contains an introduction that both places Cicero in his historical context and explicates the timeless philosophical issues that he treats. The volume also provides a chronology of Cicero’s life, outlines of the two works, and indexes of personal names and important terms.

Read more Read less
Previous page
  1. Print length
    240 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Cornell University Press
  4. Publication date
    January 15, 2014
  5. Reading age
    18 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.69 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    080147891X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0801478918
  9. See all details
Next page
The Amazon Book Review
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now

Frequently bought together

"On the Republic" and "On the Laws" (Agora Editions)
$23.95
Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16
Only 9 left in stock (more on the way).
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
Metamorphoses (Hackett Classics)
$15.00
Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
Terence The Comedies (Oxford World's Classics)
$15.14
Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16
Only 13 left in stock (more on the way).
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
Total price:
To see our price, add these items to your cart.
Details
Added to Cart
Some of these items ship sooner than the others.
Show details Hide details
Choose items to buy together.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Fott accomplishes what he has set out to do: provide an accessible translation that focuses more on the text than on the secondary scholarship. Fott's translation will prove a handy reference guide for anyone interested in either or both of these political works. It would be exceptionally well-suited for an undergraduate class on cicero, Roman philosophy, or the reception of Greek philosophy by the Romans, and I look forward to adopting it for my own students.

-- Polis ― The Journal for Ancient Greek Political Thought

Review

This is an excellent book. David Fott's scrupulously accurate and smoothly readable translation makes Cicero’s precise use of terms available to the English reader. And of course these two works by Cicero are of the greatest value for our continuing inquiries into republican government.

-- James H. Nichols, Claremont McKenna College

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cornell University Press; 1st edition (January 15, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080147891X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801478918
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.69 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more

Customer reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
13 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Joe
5.0 out of 5 stars Cicero is great
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2021
Verified Purchase
To learn
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report