Ideas from 'On Duties ('De Officiis')' by M. Tullius Cicero [44 BCE], by Theme Structure

[found in 'On Obligations (De Officiis)' by Cicero (ed/tr Walsh,P.G.) [OUP 2000,0-19-283968-3]].

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

21405

Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Long]

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

20871

Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency