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On Duties - De Officiis by Cicero

On Duties - De Officiis by Cicero

FromPhilosophy Audiobooks


On Duties - De Officiis by Cicero

FromPhilosophy Audiobooks

ratings:
Length:
375 minutes
Released:
Apr 2, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Book II 2:35:05  Book III 4:10:00 On Duties (Latin: DE OFFICIIS) discusses virtue, expediency and apparent conflicts between the two. St. Ambrose, St. Jerome and other Doctors of the Roman Catholic Church considered it to be legitimate for study. Anthony Grafton says that it was the second book after the Bible printed on Gutenberg's press.  It was a standard text taught at Eton College. Translated by Walter Miller. Painting: Phryne Revealed Before the Areopagus by Jean-Léon Gérôme.  
Released:
Apr 2, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (78)

Unabridged philosophy audiobooks including writing by Plato (Parmenides), Aristotle (Economics), Cicero (On Moral Duties) and Plotinus (Enneads). Topics discussed include ethics, justice, law, logic, metaphysics, God, happiness, love and beauty. Each book has been streamlined by merging separate LibriVox recordings into a single seamless whole with no interruptions. Painting: La Perle et la vague by Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry.