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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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, Book I ⓘ
Tusculanae Disputationes, Book II ⓘ
Tusculanae Disputationes, Book III ⓘ
Tusculanae Disputationes, Book IV ⓘ
Tusculanae Disputationes, Book V ⓘ
hasTranslation 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 Academic skepticism ⓘ
linked to: 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, Book I ⓘ
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Tusculanae Disputationes → hasPart → Tusculanae Disputationes, Book II ⓘ
linked to: Tusculanae Disputationes
Tusculanae Disputationes → hasPart → Tusculanae Disputationes, Book III ⓘ
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Tusculanae Disputationes → hasPart → Tusculanae Disputationes, Book IV ⓘ
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Tusculanae Disputationes → hasPart → Tusculanae Disputationes, Book V ⓘ
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Tusculanae Disputationes → hasTranslation → Tusculan Disputations ⓘ
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De natura deorum → relatedWork → Tusculanae disputationes ⓘ
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Tullia Ciceronis → mentionedIn → Cicero’s work "Tusculan Disputations" ⓘ
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Tusculum → associatedWork → Tusculanae Disputationes ⓘ
De officiis → relatedWorkByAuthor → Tusculanae Disputationes ⓘ
Cicero's philosophical dialogues → includesWork → Tusculanae disputationes ⓘ
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Crantor of Soli → citedBy → Cicero in Tusculan Disputations ⓘ
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Tullia → influenced → Cicero's work Tusculan Disputations ⓘ
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On Obligations → relatedWorkByAuthor → Tusculan Disputations ⓘ
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