Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher whose voluminous writings transmitted Greek philosophy to the Latin West and shaped the vocabulary and concerns of Western thought for centuries. A committed republican executed for his opposition to Mark Antony, Cicero wrote philosophical dialogues covering ethics, politics, epistemology, and natural theology — combining deep engagement with Stoic, Academic, and Platonic sources with his own practical wisdom as a statesman.