Tusculanae Disputationes

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Tusculanae Disputationes is a series of philosophical dialogues by Cicero that explore themes such as death, pain, grief, and the pursuit of happiness from a Roman Stoic-influenced perspective.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literature
dialogue
philosophical work
approximateDateWritten 45 BCE
author Cicero
circulation manuscript tradition in late antiquity
widely read in the Middle Ages
widely read in the Renaissance
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic
dateWritten 1st century BCE
form dialogue between Cicero and an interlocutor
genre moral philosophy
philosophical dialogue
hasPart Tusculanae Disputationes self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tusculanae Disputationes, Book I

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surface form: Tusculanae Disputationes, Book II

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surface form: Tusculanae Disputationes, Book III

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surface form: Tusculanae Disputationes, Book IV

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surface form: Tusculanae Disputationes, Book V
hasTranslation Tusculanae Disputationes self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tusculan Disputations
influenced Renaissance humanism
early modern moral philosophy
influencedBy Peripatetic philosophy
Platonism
Roman Republican political culture
Stoicism
literaryForm consolatory literature
mainSubject Stoic ethics
alleviating grief
death
enduring pain
grief
happiness
other disturbances of the soul
pain
the contempt of death
virtue
whether virtue is sufficient for a happy life
originalLanguage Latin
philosophicalQuestion How can one master grief and emotional disturbance?
How should a wise person face death?
Is virtue sufficient for happiness?
philosophicalTradition Skepticism
surface form: Academic skepticism

Stoicism
purpose consolation in misfortune
popularization of Greek philosophy for Roman audience
setting Tusculum
titleLanguage Latin
writtenAfter death of Cicero's daughter Tullia

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Cicero notableWork Tusculanae Disputationes
Tusculanae Disputationes hasPart Tusculanae Disputationes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tusculanae Disputationes, Book I
Tusculanae Disputationes hasPart Tusculanae Disputationes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tusculanae Disputationes, Book II
Tusculanae Disputationes hasPart Tusculanae Disputationes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tusculanae Disputationes, Book III
Tusculanae Disputationes hasPart Tusculanae Disputationes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tusculanae Disputationes, Book IV
Tusculanae Disputationes hasPart Tusculanae Disputationes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tusculanae Disputationes, Book V
Tusculanae Disputationes hasTranslation Tusculanae Disputationes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tusculan Disputations
De natura deorum relatedWork Tusculanae Disputationes
this entity surface form: Tusculanae disputationes
Tullia Ciceronis mentionedIn Tusculanae Disputationes
this entity surface form: Cicero’s work "Tusculan Disputations"
Tusculum associatedWork Tusculanae Disputationes
De officiis relatedWorkByAuthor Tusculanae Disputationes