De legibus

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De legibus is a philosophical dialogue by the Roman statesman Cicero that explores the nature, origin, and ideal formulation of laws within a just political community.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
De legibus canonical 3
De Legibus (rhetorical sections) 1
Of Laws (Bacon) 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literary work ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
work of political philosophy ⓘ
addresses citizenship and civic duty ⓘ
magistracies and political offices ⓘ
nature of laws ⓘ
origin of laws ⓘ
religious foundations of law ⓘ
approximateDate mid-1st century BC ⓘ
author Cicero ⓘ
centralConcept harmony between human law and natural law ⓘ
ideal constitution ⓘ
law as right reason in agreement with nature ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic ⓘ
dialogueCharacters Atticus ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
Quintus ⓘ
EnglishTitle On the Laws ⓘ
linked to: De legibus
genre dialogue ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
historicalContext late Roman Republic ⓘ
influenced Renaissance humanism ⓘ
early modern political thought ⓘ
medieval political philosophy ⓘ
natural law theory ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Roman legal tradition ⓘ
Stoic natural law theory ⓘ
LatinTitle De legibus ⓘ
mainSubject constitutional theory ⓘ
justice ⓘ
law ⓘ
natural law ⓘ
political community ⓘ
numberOfBooks 3 (extant) ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf Ciceronian political philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Academic skepticism ⓘ
linked to: Skepticism

Stoicism ⓘ
philosophicalTheme divine reason and human legislation ⓘ
mixed constitution ⓘ
relationship between law and morality ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Roman philosophy ⓘ
relatedWork De re publica ⓘ
settingLocation Arpinum ⓘ
structure dialogue in multiple books ⓘ
timeOfComposition 1st century BC ⓘ
workStatus partially preserved ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cicero → notableWork → De legibus ⓘ
Of Judicature → relatedWork → Of Laws (Bacon) ⓘ
linked to: De legibus
De legibus → LatinTitle → De legibus ⓘ
De legibus → EnglishTitle → On the Laws ⓘ
linked to: De legibus
Ciceronian rhetorical corpus → hasWork → De Legibus (rhetorical sections) ⓘ
linked to: De legibus