Project Gutenberg 2014-09-29 Public domain in the USA. 1101 Cicero, Marcus Tullius -106 -43 Miller, Walter 1864 1949 De Officiis Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "De Officiis" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a philosophical treatise written in the 1st century BC. The work focuses on ethical principles, particularly moral duties and their applications in public and private life. Cicero, addressing his son Marcus, draws on Greek philosophy to present a practical guide to ethical behavior—essentially outlining the obligations one has towards oneself and society. The opening of "De Officiis" establishes the context for this ethical exploration as Cicero writes to his son, who is studying in Athens. He emphasizes the importance of combining Greek and Latin studies for a comprehensive understanding of philosophy and oratory. Cicero then discusses the practical importance of moral duties, asserting that these obligations are ubiquitous in life and form the foundation of moral goodness. He highlights the differences between absolute duties and those dependent on situations, introducing the philosophical frameworks he will build upon throughout the treatise, primarily drawing on Stoic thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en la Ethics -- Early works to 1800 PA Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 1037559 1037479 2024-09-19T14:55:09.814810 2023-09-20T10:53:47.815442 text/html text/html 1043738 2022-02-02T10:54:49 text/html 474508 2024-09-19T14:55:25.493729 application/epub+zip 503004 2024-09-19T14:55:11.829787 application/epub+zip 426868 2024-09-19T14:55:10.778776 application/epub+zip 778587 2024-09-19T14:55:34.858654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 698673 2024-09-19T14:55:24.457707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622531 2022-09-21T11:05:01.369512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 740160 740149 2024-09-19T14:55:07.040800 2023-09-20T10:53:45.119422 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 739960 2022-02-02T10:57:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18446 2024-09-19T14:55:35.007655 application/rdf+xml 9885 2024-09-19T14:55:10.989796 image/jpeg 1974 2024-09-19T14:55:10.884772 image/jpeg 294792 2022-02-02T10:57:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 453042 2022-02-02T10:58:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 449492 2024-09-19T14:55:09.896783 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia