On the record44 BC
So, then, it is truth that is, as it were, the stuff with which this virtue has to deal and on which it employs itself.
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Cicero
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gutenberg.orgCicero: “So, then, it is truth that is, as it were, the stuff with which this virtue has to deal and on which it employs itself.”
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In his philosophical exploration of moral duties, Cicero identifies truth as the fundamental subject matter and focus of virtue.
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