Full text · 12 chaptersNarrated in your voice
What it's about
Two short dialogues written in the last years of Cicero's life. In one, Laelius, grieving for his friend Scipio, explains what true friendship is and how to keep it; in the other, Cato the Elder, at eighty-four, answers the usual complaints against old age one by one. In Shuckburgh's clear Victorian translation.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone thinking about growing older well - Readers who value friendship and want to think about it carefully - Newcomers to Roman philosophy looking for a short way in
