Cicero
Person on 2 sites
Roman statesman, orator and philosopher (106 to 43 BCE); consul in 63 BCE; author of On Duties.
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ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Every part of life, public or private, carries moral duties, and what is right or wrong depends on them (opens korrents.com)
“For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of…”
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Good faith, meaning truth and keeping promises and agreements, is the foundation of justice (opens korrents.com)
“The foundation of justice, moreover, is good faith—that is, truth and fidelity to promises and agreements.”
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Disputes should be settled by discussion, resorting to force only when discussion is impossible (opens korrents.com)
“For since there are two ways of settling a dispute: first, by discussion; second, by physical force; and since the former is characteristic of man, the latter of the brute, we must resort to force only in case we may…”
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Every part of life, public or private, carries moral duties, and what is right or wrong depends on them (opens korrents.com)