Cicero (on the Stoics) · 106–43 BCE
On Duties 1.143 — Cicero (on the Stoics)
Translation by Walter Miller (1913)
Cicero (on the Stoics), On Duties 1.143
A similar definition can be given for prudence, of which I have spoken in an early chapter. But in this part we are considering temperance and self-control and related virtues. Accordingly, the properties which, as we found, are peculiar to prudence were discussed in their proper place, while those are to be discussed now which are peculiar to these virtues of which we have for some time been speaking and which relate to considerateness and to the approbation of our fellow-men.
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Cicero (on the Stoics), On Duties 1.143, tr. Walter Miller (1913)
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AI-written notesA signpost in the argument: practical wisdom has already been covered, and the discussion now turns to temperance, self-control and related virtues, which concern thoughtfulness toward others and winning their approval.
Older wording
- “prudence”
- — practical wisdom
- “approbation”
- — approval
Themes and situations
- Virtue and character
- Self-discipline and habit
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