On Duties: Deep Review

Original academic guide to On Duties by Cicero.

• Academic Classics
• 33 min
• Ages 15–99
• 10 chapters

About this audiobook

Original academic guide to On Duties by Cicero.

Chapters

1. Introduction: The Bridge Between Ethics and Civic Law
2. The Historical and Intellectual Context of 44 BC
3. The Problem This Book Is Trying To Solve
4. The Central Argument: The Inseparability of Honor and Utility
5. Key Concepts: The Four Cardinal Virtues and Roman Officium
6. Why Scholars Still Assign On Duties
7. What is Brilliant: The Psychological Realism of Public Life
8. What is Dangerous or Dated: The Blind Spots of the Oligarch
9. How It Shaped Later Thought: From Saint Ambrose to the Founding Fathers
10. How to Read On Duties and Who Should Read It Now