Frank BreslinReading Cicero’s “De Amicitia” at 17: Part 1 — Blind Spots of AntiquityWhen I first read Cicero’s celebrated treatise De Amicitia (45 BCE), I was a high-school senior in the late 1950s. I thought it an inspired…May 101
Frank BreslinReading Cicero at 17When I first read Cicero’s celebrated treatise De Amicitia (45 BCE), I was a high-school senior in the late 1950s. I thought it an inspired…Feb 22Feb 22
Frank BreslinDifferent Views about Friendship: Part 1Reading Cicero’s De Amicitia at 17Dec 13, 2023Dec 13, 2023
Frank BreslinWhat a Classical Education Taught Me: Reading Cicero’s De AmicitiaWhat we learned about friendship by reading Cicero’s De Amicitia would have been beyond us as teenagers to discover on our own. At 17, we…Apr 18, 2023Apr 18, 2023
Frank BreslinReading Cicero’s “De Amicitia” at 17: Part 1 — Blind Spots of AntiquityWhen I first read Cicero’s celebrated treatise De Amicitia (45 BCE), I was a high-school senior in the late 1950s. I thought it an inspired…May 101
Frank BreslinReading Cicero at 17When I first read Cicero’s celebrated treatise De Amicitia (45 BCE), I was a high-school senior in the late 1950s. I thought it an inspired…Feb 22
Frank BreslinWhat a Classical Education Taught Me: Reading Cicero’s De AmicitiaWhat we learned about friendship by reading Cicero’s De Amicitia would have been beyond us as teenagers to discover on our own. At 17, we…Apr 18, 2023
Frank BreslinReading Cicero’s De Amicitia at 17: Part 1of 3When I first read Cicero’s celebrated treatise De Amicitia (45 BCE), I was a high-school senior in the late 1950s. I thought it an inspired…Apr 14, 2023
Frank BreslinCarneades Creates a Sensation & is Banished from RomeYou may recall that the Romans were also intrigued by the Greeks even before the philosopher Carneades made his legendary visit to Rome in…Mar 19, 2023
