Explore Circero’s On Friendship and On Old Age—two treatises that exemplify the pragmatism of the great orator, politician, and philosopher’s mind, applied to the human condition. A collection of his letters is also included, offering both personal insight and policy initiative.
Examine the Letters of Pliny the Younger as well. Arranged by Pliny himself, this collected correspondence offers a glimpse into the daily life of a Roman patrician.
The Harvard Classics
Journey through “Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf.” This massive collection, designed to provide the elements of a liberal education, was compiled by distinguished Harvard University president Charles Eliot in the early 1900s. Packed with the essential works of the Western classical tradition, the Harvard Classics collection remains one of the most comprehensive and well-researched anthologies of all time—a must-have library for students and lovers of the classics.
