Philosophical dialogue · 1900
On Old Age (Cato Maior de Senectute)
A dialogue in which Cato the Elder, in his eighty-fourth year, defends old age before Scipio and Laelius
Translated by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (1900)
Cicero's late dialogue, addressed to Atticus, in which the aged Marcus Cato answers four charges against old age: that it withdraws us from active employments, weakens the body, deprives us of pleasures, and stands near to death.
Contents · 23 parts
- Chapter I9 paragraphs
- Chapter II5 paragraphs
- Chapter III3 paragraphs
- Chapter IV9 paragraphs
- Chapter V7 paragraphs
- Chapter VI11 paragraphs
- Chapter VII4 paragraphs
- Chapter VIII10 paragraphs
- Chapter IX1 paragraph
- Chapter X4 paragraphs
- Chapter XI1 paragraph
- Chapter XII3 paragraphs
- Chapter XIII2 paragraphs
- Chapter XIV3 paragraphs
- Chapter XV2 paragraphs
- Chapter XVI3 paragraphs
- Chapter XVII4 paragraphs
- Chapter XVIII3 paragraphs
- Chapter XIX2 paragraphs
- Chapter XX6 paragraphs
- Chapter XXI1 paragraph
- Chapter XXII2 paragraphs
- Chapter XXIII5 paragraphs