De officiis

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ethical treatise philosophical treatise work of Roman philosophy

De officiis is a philosophical treatise by the Roman statesman Cicero that explores moral duty, ethical behavior, and the obligations of individuals in public and private life.

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De officiis canonical 5
De Officiis 2
Cicero's De officiis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethical treatise ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
work of Roman philosophy ⓘ
addressee Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor ⓘ
surface form: Cicero's son Marcus
addressesTopic conflict of duties ⓘ
friendship and duty ⓘ
honesty in business ⓘ
justice in economic transactions ⓘ
political leadership ⓘ
private morality ⓘ
public service ⓘ
statesmanship ⓘ
author Cicero ⓘ
book1Focus the morally right (honestum) ⓘ
book2Focus the useful (utile) ⓘ
book3Focus conflict between the right and the useful ⓘ
bookCount 3 ⓘ
centralConcept officium (duty) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic ⓘ
dateWritten 44 BC ⓘ
dedicatedTo Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor ⓘ
discussesVirtue courage ⓘ
justice ⓘ
temperance ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
EnglishTitle Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral ⓘ
surface form: On Duties

On Obligations ⓘ
ethicalFramework virtue-based ethics ⓘ
genre moral philosophy ⓘ
practical ethics ⓘ
historicalSignificance influential in early modern moral philosophy ⓘ
one of the most widely read Latin works in the Renaissance ⓘ
influenced Renaissance humanism ⓘ
early modern political thought ⓘ
natural law theory ⓘ
influencedBy Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
Stoic ethics ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
LatinTitle De officiis self-link ⓘ
partOfCorpus Ciceronian philosophical works ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Roman eclecticism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
preservationStatus survives complete ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor De finibus bonorum et malorum ⓘ
Tusculanae Disputationes ⓘ
structure three books ⓘ
subjectMatter ethical behavior ⓘ
moral duty ⓘ
obligations in private life ⓘ
obligations in public life ⓘ
theme apparent conflict between the right and the useful ⓘ
honestum (the morally right) ⓘ
utile (the expedient or useful) ⓘ
usedAsTextbook Renaissance schools ⓘ
medieval universities ⓘ
writtenAfterEvent assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
writtenInContextOf final year of Cicero's life ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cicero → notableWork → De officiis ⓘ
Panaetius of Rhodes → sourceForDoctrine → De officiis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cicero’s De Officiis
De officiis ministrorum → inspiredBy → De officiis ⓘ
De officiis ministrorum → comparesWith → De officiis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cicero’s De officiis
De natura deorum → relatedWork → De officiis ⓘ
De officiis → LatinTitle → De officiis self-link ⓘ
On Duty (Peri tou kathēkontos) → influenced → De officiis ⓘ
this entity surface form: De Officiis
On Duty (Peri tou kathēkontos) → usedAsSourceIn → De officiis ⓘ
this entity surface form: De Officiis
On the Duties of the Clergy → influencedBy → De officiis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cicero's De officiis
On the Duties of the Clergy → modeledOn → De officiis ⓘ