Wikipedia page about this book: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanhuudesta

Release date is 2017-01-04

E-text prepared by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen

"Vanhuudesta" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a philosophical work written in 44 BCE. Set as a dialogue, the work features the elder statesman Cato discussing old age with two younger men, Scipio and Laelius. Cato systematically refutes four common accusations against old age: that it removes people from active life, weakens the body, diminishes pleasure, and brings closeness to death. Through reasoned argument, he defends aging as potentially fulfilling and addresses fundamental questions about mortality and human purpose. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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