Moral and Philosophical Values in Cicero’s Writings  Cover Image

Valori moral-filosofice în opera lui Cicero
Moral and Philosophical Values in Cicero’s Writings

Author(s): Stefan Cucu
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: moral-philosophical values; temperance; wisdom; justice; generosity; bravery

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a short presentation of the moral-philosophical conception of the great Roman speaker and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero, father of the famous concept of humanitas. The author analyses an important moral-philosophical value of Cicero and of other ancient thinkers: temperance (temperantia, moderatio), considered a fundamental virtue of the human being, besides wisdom (sapientia), justice (iustitia), generosity (liberalitas), bravery (fortitudo).

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 285-289
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Romanian