Category: Ciceronian Vocabulary
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12. Iustitia: Justice and the Building Blocks of Society
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…
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11. Sapientia: Wisdom and the Search for Truth
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…
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10. Officium: Responsible Action and the Creation of a Healthy Society
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…
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9. Virtus: The Quality of Leadership as a source of good action
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…
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8. Remedia: the Ciceronian Remedies
Last week we discussed metus and completed our discussion on the Stoic theory of the emotions. However, as we found out in Tusculum, Cicero’s intentions in writing philosophy were not theoretical, but practical. He was conscious of the fact that he was not the wise man who was free of…
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