Excerpt from Cicero De Officiis, or His Treatise Concerning the Moral Duties of Mankind: To Which Are Subjoined, His Moral Paradoxes; The Vision of Scipio, Concerning a Future State; And His Letter on the Duties of a Magistrate; With Notes Historical and Explanatory
A similar 'observation may be regard to his writings, especially the following Treatise concerning the morai'duties. 2 That part Of it in which he has followed Panaetius, is sensible, clear, and in most Of its definitions, descriptions, and inferences; but having little room for introducing into any part of it his favourite accomplishment, he is some times dry; tedious; and tautologous,:and it is easy 10886 when hedeviates from the accurate Greek, in orderrtogive himself the'air. Of an original. On the other hand, when he formalllyfseparates_preface.
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