Digest
Published on 8. February 2020
Book
Hardback
714 pages
978-0-578-64587-2 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive collection includes all of Quintus Curtius's important essays from 2016 to January 2020. "No branch of knowledge," as the author says, "is tangential to the curve of wisdom." The range of topics is diverse, and includes history, moral and ethical philosophy, travel and exploration, language, and the wisdom of the Near East. The essays are grouped into four sections for easy reference:
I. Thought
II. The Wisdom of the Near East
III. Travel and Exploration
IV. History, Language, and Literature
These penetrating and inspiring writings provide a window into a philosophy of life based on a belief in achievement through struggle, the redemptive power of wisdom, the value of moral goodness, and the necessity of direct experience. Each essay stands alone by itself, a convenient fact that allows the book to be opened and read at any place, and at any time.
Annotated, with introduction, illustrations and a detailed index for easy reference.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
1182 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-578-64587-2 (9780578645872)
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Person
Quintus Curtius is the pen name of writer and translator George Thomas. After graduating from MIT in 1990, he served as an active duty officer in the US Marine Corps for a number of years. After leaving active service, he enrolled in law school and began practicing law in 1998. He lives in Kansas City and travels frequently.
His innovative and groundbreaking translations include Cicero's "On Moral Ends," "On Duties," "Stoic Paradoxes," and Sallust's "The Conspiracy of Catiline and War of Jugurtha."
Curtius has also written extensively on moral philosophy, ethics, and historical subjects. His penetrating essay collections explore questions of character, leadership, and adversity that have never been more relevant to the modern era. These books include "Thirty-Seven," "Pantheon," and "Pathways." Using examples from history, personal experience, literature, and philosophy, these unique books have been described as "inexplicably inspiring."
He can be found at www.qcurtius.co