Editing Cicero (section)

==Works==
[[File:Marci Tullii Ciceronis Opera Omnia.tif|thumb|''Marci Tullii Ciceronis Opera Omnia'' (1566)]]
{{Main|Writings of Cicero}}
Cicero was declared a [[righteous pagan]] by the [[Chalcedonian Christianity|Early Church]].{{sfn|Everitt|2001|p=259}} Subsequent Roman and medieval Christian writers quoted liberally from his works ''[[De re publica]]'' (''On the Commonwealth'') and ''[[De Legibus]]'' (''On the Laws''), and much of his work has been recreated from these surviving fragments. Cicero also articulated an early, abstract conceptualization of rights, based on ancient law and custom. Of Cicero's books, six on rhetoric have survived, as well as parts of seven on philosophy.<ref name=Herrick>{{cite book |last1=A. Herrick |first1=James |title=The History and Theory of Rhetoric: An Introduction |year=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-34784-2 |page=94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29VRCgAAQBAJ&q=Cicero+rhetoric+philosophy+books+survived&pg=PA94 |access-date=29 June 2021 |archive-date=19 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619065435/https://books.google.com/books?id=29VRCgAAQBAJ&q=Cicero+rhetoric+philosophy+books+survived&pg=PA94#v=snippet&q=Cicero%20rhetoric%20philosophy%20books%20survived&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> Of his speeches, 88 were recorded, but only 52 survive.{{efn|Sources vary, but seem to indicate that 52 survived in whole and 6 more in part}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dueck |first1=Daniela |title=Illiterate Geography in Classical Athens and Rome |year=2020 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-22502-0 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VhIHEAAAQBAJ&q=Cicero+speeches+88+recorded+58+survived&pg=PA58 |access-date=29 June 2021 |archive-date=19 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619065948/https://books.google.com/books?id=VhIHEAAAQBAJ&q=Cicero+speeches+88+recorded+58+survived&pg=PA58#v=snippet&q=Cicero%20speeches%2088%20recorded%2058%20survived&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>