Here you will find my various pieces of writing. Cicero was an avid writer and there is more of his writing which survives from the ancient world than any other writer. These essays are not meant to be doctrinal. Therefore, I encourage you, my reader, to think through my arguments and claims and challenge them for yourself. I hope only to lead you to a thought, the thinking must be done yourself…
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We have spent most of our journey analysing how the inward state (animus) functions. This understanding is fundamental for our journey and must act as a base camp from which to move forward. We do not live in a vacuum though. Nobody can survive life completely alone. From the moment we are born we are…
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Last week we set out on the next leg of our journey on the Via Ciceronis. On the previous leg, we discussed the Ciceronian model of the inward state. Now, we are turning our gaze from the inward to the outward. We began this with the source of all good action, the quality of leadership…
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After our discussion last week on responsible action (officium), we are now ready to look at the first quality of leadership (virtus), sapientia. This is the core quality on which the others are based. The Oxford Latin Dictionary defines sapientia as ‘soundness of mind’ or ‘wisdom’. I will use the word wisdom as the English…
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Last week we discussed the first of the four qualities of leadership, wisdom (sapientia). We found that wisdom was different to intellect and had little to do with one’s ability to rationalise or solve complex problems. Instead, it was a quality of intuition and good taste. Wisdom was the quality of leadership through which the…
