Cicero On Duties, Episode 13 - Greatness of Spirit (2)

Civic affairs are more glorious than military affairs. With hosts Chris Anadale, Ben Peterson, and James Patterson. ----- IN THIS EPISODE Book 1, Chapters 70-78 ----- HOSTS Christopher Anadale is podcast editor for the Ciceronian Society and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. His philosophy YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/christopheranadale 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. His website is https://benapeterson.com/ His book Community, Character, and the Governance of the Social Commons: Sanctuaries of Order, is forthcoming with Bloomsbury Academic. https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/community-character-and-the-governance-of-the-social-commons-9798216255741/ James Patterson is an Associate Professor in the Institute of American Civics at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He specializes in race, religion, and American political thought and is a regular subject-area expert for the media on contemporary religion and politics. Patterson is the author of Religion in the Public Square: Sheen, King, Falwell and co-author of a forthcoming book examining the problems with postliberalism alongside Thomas Howe. His works have appeared in American Political Thought, Perspectives on Political Science, Political Science Reviewer, and the Journal of Church and State. He also contributes articles to and hosts a podcast for Law & Liberty. Patterson holds a Ph.D. in politics from the University of Virginia. ----- MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome, by Josiah Osgood (2025). https://www.amazon.com/Lawless-Republic-Rise-Cicero-Decline/dp/1541604253 Parnell's Funeral, by William Butler Yeats. https://allpoetry.com/Parnell's-Funeral ----- 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 ----- The Ciceronian Society encourages and equips Christian Scholars as they serve the church. To learn more, visit https://ciceroniansociety.org/ Check out our other Podcast, THE SOWER: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B7f66VCvfZnkwh_UjXjhXEg5P8dUq0q Music: No. 4 Piano Journey, by Esther Abrami #cicero #philosophy #ethics Chapters (00:00:00) - Cicero: On Duties(00:02:59) - Cicero(00:07:30) - Cicero on leisure and the political life(00:09:35) - Tocqueville on the Right to Public Life(00:13:13) - St. James: The Right Action(00:17:14) - The duties of public life(00:18:56) - Cicero on His Own Life(00:23:26) - Cicero on The Importance of Civic Life(00:30:39) - Cicero Brings His Own Glory to His Son(00:37:52) - Cicero on His Own Times(00:39:18) - Cicero: The Right to Speak(00:42:41) - Read Through: On Duties, Chapter 79