M. Tullius Cicero

Excerpt from Cato Maior: A Dialogue on Old Age This was just the point in life at which according to Roman custom a man was called senex' but it was early enough in that period for Cicero to regard his age with complacency rather than repining. It was an age which freed a man from all necessity of perform ing public services without preventing his performing them if he had the power, will, and necessary credit 2. To Cicero three-score years had brought no diminution to his ardent feelings or his extraordinary intellectual activity. He must have been a man of excellent health, and possessed in a marvellous degree of that faculty, said to be so characteristic of an eminent living statesman, of extraordinary concentration com bined with endless versatility. However eager he is in politics, however restless he is in his movements, his studies and his composition go on, and to' each in turn he seems to devote his whole energy and vigour. So it came to pass that in this which was to be the last entire year of his life he finished, besides this dialogue, the de Oficiis, the de Natwra Becram, the ole Gloria, the Topica, and the de Amicitia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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