On Duties: Cicero's Essential Text on Virtue, Responsibility, and the Good Life

A seminal work of moral and political philosophy by the Ancient Roman statesman and thinker Marcus Tuilius Cicero. Written in 44 BC during the final months of his life, the treatise sets out Cicero's mature reflections on how to live honourably, fulfil moral obligations, and balance personal conduct with public responsibility. Framed as a letter to his son, the work draws deeply on Greek stoic tho...