Проблема воспитания гражданина в литературно- -педагогическом наследии Марка Туллия Цицерона

The article presents the results of the literary and pedagogical analysis of the twoCicero’s works “On the Laws” and “On Duties”, which shed light on the civic idealof the author and the ways to achieve it. The ability of the individual to define hisown path of life and path of education, telling at the same time the right from thewrong, is considered one of the features of Cicero’s ideal citizen. The importanceof Cicero’s pedagogical ideas grows due to the transformation of the value componentof civic consciousness that is taking place in the modern society.