On the record44 BC
Robbery, fraud, and adultery, for example, are immoral in deed, but it is not indecent to name them.
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Cicero
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gutenberg.orgCicero: “Robbery, fraud, and adultery, for example, are immoral in deed, but it is not indecent to name them.”
Editor's note · Context
Cicero distinguishes between actions that are inherently immoral and the act of naming those actions, arguing that naming them is not indecent.
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