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... books 2 de gloria , and finally the de officiis . The first intimation of his being engaged in writing a treatise on Ethics occurs in a letter to his friend Atticus , written in June of that year : the work , however , was interrupted ...
... books 2 de gloria , and finally the de officiis . The first intimation of his being engaged in writing a treatise on Ethics occurs in a letter to his friend Atticus , written in June of that year : the work , however , was interrupted ...
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... books de finibus he compares and discusses the opinions of the three Greek schools , the Epicurean , the Stoic and the Peripatetic , on the question what is the supreme good - the fundamental principle of prac- tical wisdom - and thus ...
... books de finibus he compares and discusses the opinions of the three Greek schools , the Epicurean , the Stoic and the Peripatetic , on the question what is the supreme good - the fundamental principle of prac- tical wisdom - and thus ...
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... books in Panaetius , in the division and the discussion of his subject31 : we learn from his own statement 82 that he consulted for that purpose a work of Posidonius , the pupil of Panaetius ; he seems however not to have borrowed much ...
... books in Panaetius , in the division and the discussion of his subject31 : we learn from his own statement 82 that he consulted for that purpose a work of Posidonius , the pupil of Panaetius ; he seems however not to have borrowed much ...
Page xxxvii
... Book . We have only to look at such pas- sages as chapters 13 and 14 containing advice to a young Roman , who is desirous of winning glory and authority with the people , or c . 15-24 on the acquisition of popularity by means of public ...
... Book . We have only to look at such pas- sages as chapters 13 and 14 containing advice to a young Roman , who is desirous of winning glory and authority with the people , or c . 15-24 on the acquisition of popularity by means of public ...
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... Book , in which Cicero especially prides himself 39 on his greater self - dependence , is undoubtedly the most de- fective of all in treatment . We have in it the constant repe- tition of the one sentiment that moral good is always expe ...
... Book , in which Cicero especially prides himself 39 on his greater self - dependence , is undoubtedly the most de- fective of all in treatment . We have in it the constant repe- tition of the one sentiment that moral good is always expe ...
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