On Duties

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BCE)
Translated by Walter Miller (1864 - 1949)

On Duties (Latin: DE OFFICIIS) discusses virtue, expediency and apparent conflicts between the two. St. Ambrose, St. Jerome and other Doctors of the Roman Catholic Church considered it to be legitimate for study. It was the second book after the Bible printed on Gutenberg's press and a standard text taught at Eton College. Written by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Translated by Walter Miller. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)

Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Ancient

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Book I Sections I-XIII (Text 3) Geoffrey Edwards
00:42:39
Play 02 Book I Sections XIV-XXVI (Text 47) Geoffrey Edwards
00:46:12
Play 03 Book I Sections XXVII-XXXIV (Text 95) Geoffrey Edwards
00:32:00
Play 04 Book I Sections XXXV-XLV (Text 129) Geoffrey Edwards
00:35:47
Play 05 Book II Sections I-VIII (Text 169) Geoffrey Edwards
00:30:17
Play 06 Book II Sections IX-XVII (Text 199) Geoffrey Edwards
00:34:23
Play 07 Book II Sections XVIII-XXV (Text 233) Geoffrey Edwards
00:31:28
Play 08 Book III Sections I-VII (Text 271) Geoffrey Edwards
00:30:33
Play 09 Book III Sections VIII-XV (Text 303) Geoffrey Edwards
00:32:04
Play 10 Book III Sections XVI-XXIII (Text 335) Geoffrey Edwards
00:32:51
Play 11 Book III Sections XXIV-XXXIII (Text 369) Geoffrey Edwards
00:32:26