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This volume brings together his tentative and undogmatic reflections on the good life, in which he discusses duty, friendship, the training of a statesman, and the importance of moral integrity in the search for happiness.

1. discussions at Tusculum (V)- 2. on duties (Ii) --
3. Laelius: On Friendship --
4. on the orator (I) --
5. the dream of Scipio--
Appendices: --
1. the philosophical works of Cicero --
2. the rhetorical works of Cicero --
3. principal Dates --
4. some books about Cicero.