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The front matter explains the Online Library of Liberty project, its educational mission, publication context, and public-domain and fair-use terms. It also describes the book’s edition details and series placement among Cicero’s ethical writings, then begins an introduction contrasting ethical systems that treat virtue as a means versus virtue as an end.","The Online Library of Liberty  \nA Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc.  \nMarcus Tullius Cicero, On Moral Duties (De Officiis)[44 BC]  \nThe Online Library Of Liberty  \nThis E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. 2010 was the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Liberty Fund.  \nIt is part ofthe Online Library of Liberty web site [http://oll.libertyfund.org](http://oll.libertyfund.org), which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. 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This title is also part of the Portable Library of Liberty DVD which contains over 1,000 books and quotes about liberty and power, and is available free of charge upon request.  \nThe cuneiform inscription that appears in the logo and serves as a design element in all Liberty Fund books and web sites is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom”(amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state ofLagash, in present day Iraq.  \nTo find out more about Liberty Fund, Inc., or the Online Library of Liberty Project, please contact [the Director at ](the Director at oll@libertyfund.org)[oll@libertyfund.org](the Director at oll@libertyfund.org).  \nLIBERTY FUND, INC.  \n8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684  \nOnline Library of Liberty: On Moral Duties (De Officiis)  \nEdition Used:  \nCicero De Officiis, translated with an Introduction and Notes by Andrew P. Peabody (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1887) .  \nAuthor: Marcus Tullius Cicero  \nTranslator: Andrew P. Peabody  \nAbout This Title:  \nPart of a collection of Cicero’s writings which includes On Old Age, On Friendship, Officius, and Scipio’s Dream.  \nPLL v6 .0 (generated September, 2011) 2 [http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/542](http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/542)  \nOnline Library of Liberty: On Moral Duties (De Officiis)  \nAbout Liberty Fund:  \nLiberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study ofthe ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.  \nCopyright Information:  \nThe text is in the public domain.  \nFair Use Statement:  \nThis material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material maybe used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit.  \nPLL v6 .0 (generated September, 2011) 3 [http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/542](http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/542)  \nOnline Library of Liberty: On Moral Duties (De Officiis)  \nTable Of Contents  \nIntroduction.  \nCicero De Officiis.  \nBook I.  \nBook II.  \nBook III.  \nETHICAL WRITINGS  \nof  \nCICERO:  \nDE OFFICIIS; DE SENECTUTE;  \nDE AMICITIA,  \nAND SCIPIO’S DREAM.  \nTRANSLATED  \nwith  \nAN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.  \nBy ANDREW P. PEABODY.  \nBOSTON:  \nLITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.  \n1887.  \nPLL v6 .0 (generated September, 2011) 4 [http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/542](http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/542)  \nOnline Library of Liberty: On Moral Duties (De Officiis)  \n[Back to Table of Contents]  \nINTRODUCTION.  \nThere are two systems of ethical philosophy, which in every age divide speculative moralists, and are recognized with a more or less distinct consciousness in the conduct of life by all in whom the moral sense has attained mature development. They are, indeed, in different ages and by different writers stated more or less explicitly, in widely varying terminology, and with modifications from culture, religion, national character, and individual proclivities. 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