Ethical Writings of Cicero

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Excerpt from Ethical Writings of Cicero: De Officiis, De Senectute, De Amicitia, and Scipio's Dream Introduction, Pre-eminent importance of moral science, Division of the subject:(1) The Right, (2) The choice among right things, (3) The Expedient, (4) The choice among expedient things, (5) The seeming conflict between the Bight and the Expedient, Source of the Bight in the nature of man, Division of the Bight:(1) Prudence, (2)Justice , (3)Magnanimity , (4)Temperance, Prudence, or Wisdom, Justice consists: (1)In wronging and injuring no one, (2)In rendering to every one his own. Injustice consists: (1)In doing wrong, (2) In omitting to repel injury from others, Reasons why wealth is wrongfully sought, Reasons why men refrain from defending those who are wronged, Apparent and real violations of good faith, Justice to be observed toward enemies, The rights of war, Justice to slaves, Beneficence. Cautions to be observed in its exercise, Gratitude, Degrees of claims on beneficence, Beneficence needs to be trained by practice. Fortitude, or Magnanimity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.