This book presents Cicero's natural law theory, including valuable definitions of the state, the ideal state, the ideal ruler, and the laws for the ideal state. Explanations are offered of the Greek sources of Cicero's republican philosophy, his influence on the Principate of Augustus, and his role in the development of modern political philosophy. As all the ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher united than Cicero, his authority should have great weight (John Adams, 1787).
Mark Langdon and brother Radford are the developers of Streets of Dreams, a residential complex in Central Florida. Twice burned by love, Mark is a confirmed bachelor and resists all attempts to fix him up. To further complicate his life, his all star football player son is beginning to experiment in recreational drugs, driving Mark to some vigilante type action. After insulting a local high school teacher, assumed to be another fix up, Marks softer side begins to emerge. Complications surface as a love affair blossoms revealing her lingering love for a former lover, an associate at the high school, who just happens to be married. Added to this, an old flame of Marks suddenly appears on the scene followed closely by her very jealous husband. The business of the development continues and the priority of remaining solvent. Traveling out of town trip to arrange an additional line of credit, Mark takes a detour to the nearby location of his familys heritage where he learns by way of a local historian long overdue recognition owed to his great-grandfather. Meanwhile, the hurricane season is at hand and a storm sweeps in from the Gulf cutting a path of destruction through mid Florida and the Streets of Dreams development. Coping with this disaster, Mark and his family lend a helping hand to their storm ravaged neighbors. Marks mother, Elaine, seizes the opportunity to bring his love affair to a head and arranges a show down to resolve the stalemated relationship.
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