“…Neste livro, Cícero revela a objetividade prática, um traço característico da Weltanschauung romana. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The rank into which they were born -- The world into which they were born -- Cicero : from eques to consul -- Terentia : the young wife -- Life of mother and daughter -- Living through disaster -- Restoration -- Finding the right man -- Public and private quarrels -- Three divorces, one wedding and a baby -- Death and survival -- Conclusions…”
Sumario

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Challenge of Plato's Lysis -- Three kinds of friendship -- Aristotle and Montaigne on friendship as the greatest good -- Friendships in politics and the family -- Cicero's Laelius: political friendship at its best -- Quarrels, conflicting claims, and dissolutions -- Friends as other selves -- Goodwill, concord, and the love of benefactors -- Self-love and noble sacrifice -- Friendship in the happy life…”