On the record44 BC
People overturn the fundamental principles established by nature, when they divorce expediency from moral rectitude.
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Cicero
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gutenberg.orgCicero: “People overturn the fundamental principles established by nature, when they divorce expediency from moral rectitude.”
Editor's note · Context
In a discussion on the nature of right and wrong, Cicero asserts that separating practical advantage from moral uprightness corrupts natural law.
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