{"product_id":"9781350376670-why-cicero-matters","title":"Why Cicero Matters","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn introduction to the political thought of Cicero arguing why he is an antidote to the myth of the strong man of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Cicero Matters\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how the Roman philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius, better known as Cicero, can help realize a new political world. His impact on humanitarianism, the Enlightenment and the Founding Fathers of America is immense. Yet we give Julius Caesar all our attention. Why? What does this say about modern politics and political culture?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book gives us Cicero as an antidote to the myth of the strong man of history. Reading Cicero’s \u003ci\u003eOn Duties\u003c\/i\u003e alongside two more introspective philosophical texts, \u003ci\u003eOn Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Old Age\u003c\/i\u003e, we see how Cicero turned politics into a higher, intellectual form of art, believing in education, in culture and above all in the power of philosophy to instil morality. Cicero has reassuring words on the indispensable work philosophers make, and why the common good needs philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In an age when anti-intellectualism runs rampant, \u003ci\u003eWhy Cicero Matters\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to an ancient thinker who argues culture is, or ought to be, the foundation of any modern democracy, and books its building blocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57595135590774,"sku":"9781350376670","price":87.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26708300.jpg?v=1775054512","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350376670-why-cicero-matters","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}