The Social Contract · Character
Cicero
Roman statesman and orator cited on law and natural right.
minor
Also known as Cicero
First appearance: vi law
Cicero shows up with force in IV: The Roman Comitia. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cited as opposing the secret ballot, which Rousseau disputes.
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In IV: The Roman Comitia: Cited as opposing the secret ballot, which Rousseau disputes. Later, in The Dictatorship: Mentioned as the consul who exceeded his powers during the Catilinarian conspiracy, later punished for…
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs in the recognition that the tribunate, as a "link or middle term,"…
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