Moreover, even in the social relations themselves there are gradations of duty so well defined that it can easily be seen which duty takes precedence of any other: our first duty is to the immortal gods; our second, to country; our third, to parents; and so on, in a descending scale, to the rest.
Cicero outlines a specific hierarchy of duties, placing obligations to the gods first, followed by country, and then parents.
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