Discussion and conversations about Cicero’s essay “The Republic,” which gets at ideal forms of government, orientation to the common good, and the importance of civic participation. We will pair this with an optional but recommended reading from Virgil: his short poetic work, *The Georgics*.

**Reading**
· Cicero, Marcus Tullius (\~54 BC). “The Republic” ([online version](https://archive.org/details/cicero-the-republic-the-laws-oxf/page/3/mode/2up)) - main
· Virgil (\~29 BC). The Georgics ([pdf](http://uploads.worldlibrary.net/uploads/pdf/20121106194943virgilgeorgicspdf_pdf.pdf)) -recommended

Cicero (94 pages); Virgil (89 pages)

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