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The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by

by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE)

14 chapters, about 201,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. CONTENTS 11,900 words
2. INTRODUCTION. 500 words
3. FIRST BOOK OF THE ACADEMIC QUESTIONS. 6,800 words
4. SECOND BOOK OF THE ACADEMIC QUESTIONS. 29,900 words
5. Introduction. 77,500 words
6. Introduction. 300 words
7. Book I. On The Contempt Of Death. 2,200 words
8. _M._ 16,300 words
9. Book II. On Bearing Pain. 8,800 words
10. Book III. On Grief Of Mind. 12,600 words
11. Book IV. On Other Perturbations Of The Mind. 11,800 words
12. Book V. Whether Virtue Alone Be Sufficient For A Happy Life. 16,600 words
13. FOOTNOTES 2,600 words
14. 40 B.C. 480. 2,700 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Earth (classical element)
• Heraclitus (commentator)
• Pain
• Poverty
• Stratum (linguistics)

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