De officiis
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De officiis is a philosophical treatise by the Roman statesman Cicero that explores moral duty, ethical behavior, and the obligations of individuals in public and private life.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De officiis canonical | 5 |
| De Officiis | 2 |
| Cicero's De officiis | 1 |
| Cicero’s De Officiis | 1 |
| Cicero’s De officiis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De officiis Context triple: [Cicero, notableWork, De officiis]
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A.
De officiis ministrorum
De officiis ministrorum is a Christian ethical treatise by Ambrose of Milan that adapts and reinterprets Cicero’s De officiis for a clerical and theological context.
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B.
De legibus
De legibus is a philosophical dialogue by the Roman statesman Cicero that explores the nature, origin, and ideal formulation of laws within a just political community.
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C.
Institutio principis Christiani
Institutio principis Christiani is a 16th-century humanist treatise by Desiderius Erasmus that outlines the moral and educational ideals of a Christian ruler.
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D.
Institutiones
Institutiones is a foundational legal textbook of Roman law, traditionally attributed to the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and used for the instruction of law students.
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E.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De officiis Target entity description: De officiis is a philosophical treatise by the Roman statesman Cicero that explores moral duty, ethical behavior, and the obligations of individuals in public and private life.
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A.
De officiis ministrorum
De officiis ministrorum is a Christian ethical treatise by Ambrose of Milan that adapts and reinterprets Cicero’s De officiis for a clerical and theological context.
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B.
De legibus
De legibus is a philosophical dialogue by the Roman statesman Cicero that explores the nature, origin, and ideal formulation of laws within a just political community.
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C.
Institutio principis Christiani
Institutio principis Christiani is a 16th-century humanist treatise by Desiderius Erasmus that outlines the moral and educational ideals of a Christian ruler.
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D.
Institutiones
Institutiones is a foundational legal textbook of Roman law, traditionally attributed to the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and used for the instruction of law students.
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E.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethical treatise
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philosophical treatise ⓘ work of Roman philosophy ⓘ |
| addressee |
Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor
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surface form:
Cicero's son Marcus
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| addressesTopic |
conflict of duties
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friendship and duty ⓘ honesty in business ⓘ justice in economic transactions ⓘ political leadership ⓘ private morality ⓘ public service ⓘ statesmanship ⓘ |
| author | Cicero ⓘ |
| book1Focus | the morally right (honestum) ⓘ |
| book2Focus | the useful (utile) ⓘ |
| book3Focus | conflict between the right and the useful ⓘ |
| bookCount | 3 ⓘ |
| centralConcept | officium (duty) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 44 BC ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor ⓘ |
| discussesVirtue |
courage
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justice ⓘ temperance ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle |
Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
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surface form:
On Duties
On Obligations ⓘ |
| ethicalFramework | virtue-based ethics ⓘ |
| genre |
moral philosophy
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practical ethics ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
influential in early modern moral philosophy
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one of the most widely read Latin works in the Renaissance ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance humanism
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early modern political thought ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Panaetius of Rhodes
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Stoic ethics ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| LatinTitle | De officiis self-link ⓘ |
| partOfCorpus | Ciceronian philosophical works ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Roman eclecticism
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Stoicism ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | survives complete ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
De finibus bonorum et malorum
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Tusculanae Disputationes ⓘ |
| structure | three books ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
ethical behavior
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moral duty ⓘ obligations in private life ⓘ obligations in public life ⓘ |
| theme |
apparent conflict between the right and the useful
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honestum (the morally right) ⓘ utile (the expedient or useful) ⓘ |
| usedAsTextbook |
Renaissance schools
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medieval universities ⓘ |
| writtenAfterEvent | assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| writtenInContextOf | final year of Cicero's life ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
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Cicero’s De Officiis
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Cicero’s De officiis
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De Officiis
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De Officiis
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Cicero's De officiis