Cicero's Tusculan Disputations
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    Cicero's Tusculan Disputations
                                            
                            By Marcus Tullius Cicero
                            
                                15 Feb, 2020                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        The Tusculanae Disputationes (also Tusculanae Quaestiones; English: Tusculan Disputations) is a series of five books written by Cicero, around 45 BC, attempting to popularise Greek philosophy in Ancient Rome, including Stoicism. It is so-called as 
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                                                The Tusculanae Disputationes (also Tusculanae Quaestiones; English: Tusculan Disputations) is a series of five books written by Cicero, around 45 BC, attempting to popularise Greek philosophy in Ancient Rome, including Stoicism. It is so-called as it was reportedly written at his villa in Tusculum. His daughter had recently died and in mourning, Cicero devoted himself to philosophical studies. The Tusculan Disputations consist of five books, each on a particular theme: On the contempt of death; On pain; On grief; On emotional disturbances; and whether Virtue alone is sufficient for a happy life. Less