De Officiis
                                            
                            By Marcus Tullius Cicero
                            
                                15 Feb, 2020                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        De Officiis (On Duties or On Obligations) is a treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero divided into three books, in which Cicero expounds his conception of the best way to live, behave, and observe moral obligations. The work discusses what is honorable (B
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                                                De Officiis (On Duties or On Obligations) is a treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero divided into three books, in which Cicero expounds his conception of the best way to live, behave, and observe moral obligations. The work discusses what is honorable (Book I), what is to one's advantage (Book II), and what to do when the honorable and private gain apparently conflict (Book III). For the first two books, Cicero was dependent on the Stoic philosopher Panaetius but wrote more independently for the third book. Less