Cicero evaluates Panaetius's plan, and his reasons for leaving it unfinished. With hosts Chris Anadale, Katherine Bradshaw, Ben Peterson, and Coyle Neal.
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IN THIS EPISODE
Book 3, Chapters 7-18
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INDEX
0:00 Introduction to Episode 41
0:53 Book 3 Ch 7-8, Outline of Panaetius's Plan
8:43 Book 3 Ch 9-10, Why Panaetius Did Not Finish
16:24 Book 3 Ch 11-13, Is There a Third Class of Duties?
26:34 Book 3 Ch 14-16, Middle Duties
34:13 Book 3 Ch 17-18, Hold to Honor Always
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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Panaetius. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panaetius
Herculaneum Scrolls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum_papyri#Vesuvius_Challenge
Utile (definition). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/utilis
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HOSTS
Christopher Anadale is podcast editor for the Ciceronian Society, and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Katherine L. Bradshaw is a Latin and Greek Fellow with the Ancient Language Institute and a Ph.D. student in Humanities through Faulkner University. She has an M.A. in Classics from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in English from the George Washington University.
Ben Peterson is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Abilene Christianity University, where his research and teaching focus on political theory. He writes about constitutional theory & the institutional implications of differing philosophical and religious foundations. He teaches courses on American government and politics, political science methodology, and political theory, and also contributes essays to publications for a broad audience about public affairs.
Coyle Neal is Associate Professor of Public Service at College of the Ozarks. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Theory from The Catholic University of America and is the author of Echoes of Antiquity. He is also City Tax Collector of Bolivar, Missouri.
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TEXTS
Translation we read from: https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/texts-political-thought/cicero-duties?format=PB&isbn=9780521348355
Another (free) translation: https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/cicero-on-moral-duties-de-officiis
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Music: No. 4 Piano Journey, by Esther Abrami
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Chapters
- (00:00:00) - Introduction to Book 3, Chapter 7
- (00:00:56) - Panaetius's Unfinished Third Topic
- (00:04:05) - Lost Manuscripts and the Honorable vs. Useful Divide
- (00:08:33) - Was the Omission Deliberate? The Venus of Cos Analogy
- (00:11:12) - Chain of Teaching and Cicero's Stoic Leanings
- (00:16:12) - Stoic Unity of Virtue and the Nature of Honorableness
- (00:18:52) - Wise Men vs. Semblances of Virtue
- (00:26:07) - Middle Duties and the Common Pursuit of Virtue
- (00:30:12) - Ideal vs Practical Virtue: Christ-like Comparison
- (00:34:02) - Never Compare the Honorable with the Beneficial
- (00:37:23) - Uncertainty in Determining the Honorable Action
- (00:40:15) - Closing Remarks
