On Obligations
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On Obligations is the traditional English title of Cicero’s philosophical work "De officiis," a foundational treatise on ethics and moral duty in Roman thought.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| On Obligations canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethical work
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literary work ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion | apparent conflict between the honorable and the useful ⓘ |
| author | Marcus Tullius Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
honestum (the morally honorable)
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utile (the useful or expedient) ⓘ |
| circulation |
widely read in late antiquity
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widely read in the Middle Ages ⓘ widely read in the Renaissance ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 44 BC ⓘ |
| discusses |
duties of citizens
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duties of statesmen ⓘ virtues such as justice, wisdom, courage, and temperance ⓘ |
| dividedInto |
Book I
NERFINISHED
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Book II NERFINISHED ⓘ Book III ⓘ |
| genre |
Stoic ethics
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didactic prose ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptTradition | numerous medieval Latin manuscripts ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
On Duties
NERFINISHED
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On Obligations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLatin | De officiis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | foundational text of Western ethics ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian moral theology
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Hugo Grotius NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ early modern natural law theory ⓘ medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Panaetius of Rhodes
NERFINISHED
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Stoic philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Cicero’s son Marcus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | didactic letter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Roman Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | survives complete ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
ethical obligations in public and private life
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moral duty ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
De finibus bonorum et malorum
NERFINISHED
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Tusculan Disputations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
model of Latin prose style
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textbook in medieval universities ⓘ |
| workNumberInCiceroCorpus | one of Cicero’s last philosophical works ⓘ |
| writtenAfterEvent | assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
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