Tusculan Disputations

Cicero's Tusculan Disputations (Disputationes Tusculanae) is one of his key philosophical works, written around 45 BCE during a time of personal and political turmoil in his life. This text is structured as a series of dialogues in which Cicero, acting as the central speaker, addresses various profound questions about human existence, drawing heavily from Stoic, Epicurean, and Platonic thought. The work is presented as conversations taking place in Cicero’s villa at Tusculum, where he converses with friends and fellow philosophers about how to live a virtuous and fulfilling life.