De Officio

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Latin literary work ethical treatise philosophical work

De Officio is the Latin title of Cicero’s influential philosophical work on ethics and moral duty, commonly known in English as "On Duties."

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Label	Occurrences
De Officio canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin literary work ⓘ ethical treatise ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
addressee	Cicero’s son ⓘ
author	Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ
bookCount	3 ⓘ
canonicalStatus	major work of Cicero’s ethical philosophy ⓘ
circulatedAs	manual of conduct for statesmen ⓘ
dateWritten	44 BC ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
discusses	courage ⓘ justice ⓘ prudence ⓘ temperance ⓘ
EnglishTitle	On Duties NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	ethics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
hasForm	treatise addressed as a letter ⓘ
hasVariantName	De Officiis NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Christian moral theology ⓘ Renaissance humanism ⓘ early modern political thought ⓘ medieval scholasticism ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ
influencedBy	Panaetius of Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyConcept	honestum (the honorable) ⓘ officium (duty) ⓘ utile (the useful) ⓘ
LatinTitle	De Officiis NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryForm	didactic prose ⓘ moral essay ⓘ
mainTheme	Stoic ethics ⓘ moral duty ⓘ practical ethics ⓘ
originalLanguage	Latin ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Middle Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	three books ⓘ
subjectMatter	conflict between the honorable and the useful ⓘ what is honorable ⓘ what is useful ⓘ
tradition	Roman philosophical literature ⓘ
usedAs	school textbook ⓘ
widelyReadIn	Middle Ages ⓘ Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
writtenAfter	assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
writtenIn	Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ

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On the Appropriate (Peri tou preponτος) → latinizedTitle → De Officio ⓘ

subject surface form: On the Appropriate