Cicero and Stoicism: Brief Introductions to De Finibus, Stoic Paradoxes, and Tusculan Disputations

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer, and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BCE. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. He lived in turbulent times, being a contemporary of Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, Mark Anthony, and the future emperor Octavian Augustus. This booklet collects 10 essays written by philosophy professor and Stoic practitioner Massimo Pigliucci, covering some of Cicero’s most important writings on Stoic philosophy: De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (On The Ends of Good and Evil), Paradoxa Stoicorum (Stoic Paradoxes), and Tusculanae Quaestiones (Tusculan Disputations).