Hence spring treasons against one's country; hence, overthrows of states; hence, clandestine plottings with enemies. Not only is the question of right or wrong as to an act wont to be considered, but also the question, of two right things which is the more right; equally, of two expedient things which is the more expedient." Cicero was caught on 7th December 43 BC, on his way to take a ship destined for Macedonia. The endowment of reason confers on people a duty to develop themselves fully, he said, and to treat one another with generosity and respect. (33) At Clodius' trial for sacrilege Cicero gave evidence that disproved his alibi. However, I suggest that your honour and the national interest are also at stake; and what they demand is that I, who am a friend of peace and of you both, should receive every protection from you in my efforts to achieve a reconciliation between yourself and Pompey, and peace for the people of Rome. The head and hand of Cicero were suspended for a long time from the rostra in the forum where formerly he had made speeches. (86), In the essay Cicero looks at the recent case of Julius Caesar: "We recently discovered, if it was not known before, that no amount of power can withstand the hatred of the many. But as to your suggestion that aristocratic rule is preferable to monarchy, that I cannot accept. According to Anthony Grayling, the author of Ideas that Matter (2009): "The Renaissance valued Cicero not merely for his style but for his humanism in the modern sense, expressed as belief in the value of the human individual. you could not believe how I long for my friends and most of all for yourself. For feeble is the struggle of human nature against power, and when men have attained it even by the disregard of friendship they imagine the sin will be forgotten because friendship was not disregarded without a weighty cause. The common people, who at first, in their desire for a new regime, had been only too eager for war, now cursed Catiline's scheme and praised Cicero to the skies." According to Sallust this attracted the criminal element, "who poured into Rome till it was like a sewer", and the dissolute youth of the capital, who preferred "an idle life to thankless toil." That might be true but suggests that they the desire for pleasure causes serious problems and quotes Quintus Maximus as saying: "Man has received from nature no more fatal scourge than bodily pleasure, by which the passions in their eagerness for gratification are made reckless and are released from all restraint. Is there anyone, except Antony and those who were glad to have Caesar reign over us, who did not wish for his death or who disapproved of what was done? And the tightest of the bonds uniting that society is the belief that robbery from another man for the sake of one's personal gain is more unnatural than the endurance of any loss whatsoever to one's person or property - or even to one's very soul. It was a pleasure merely to hear the sound of her voice, with which, like an instrument of many strings, she could pass from one language to another, so that there were few of the nations that she needed an interpreter which was all the more surprising because most of her predecessors, scarcely gave themselves the trouble to acquire the Egyptian tongue." However, he admitted that he approved of the assassination: "What does it matter whether I wished it done or approved the deed? Such was the longing for peace that it was carried by 370 votes to a mere 22. It must, therefore, be enjoined upon good men that if by any chance they should inadvisedly fall into friendships of this kind, they must not think themselves so bound that they cannot withdraw from friends who are sinning in some important matter of public concern; for wicked men, on the other hand, a penalty must be enacted, and assuredly it will not be lighter for the followers than for the leaders in treason. Hundreds of sculptures of Caesar, most of them made by captured Greek artists, were distributed throughout the Roman Empire. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. (98), In November, 44 BC, Mark Antony left Rome for for Gaul and Cicero assumed unofficial leadership of the senate. Cleopatra was hated and vilified in Rome, even before Octavian began his propaganda campaign. You will say: 'I wish you had done so long ago.' As a result, Caesar divorced his wife on the grounds that "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion." For when expediency lays, as it were, violent hands upon us, and the right seems to recall us to itself, the mind is distracted, and laden with two-fold anxiety as to the course of action. Marcus Tullius Cicero like his teachers, was occupied with the thought of designing the Roman policy. ", Quintus had complained that the tribunes have too much power. On 1st December, 50 BC, the Senate voted on the proposal. But as to your suggestion that aristocratic rule is preferable to monarchy, that I cannot accept. The matter of the panthers is being carefully attended to by my orders through the agency of the men who make a practice of hunting them. Is not this destroying all companionship in life, destroying the means by which absent friends converse together? He also pointed out that Romans threatened with execution were entitled to appeal to the assembly. In Rome there were aediles, two curule and two plebeian. It was also a great opportunity to defeat and supersede the most distinguished orator of the day, Quintus Hortensius, who was defending Verres. He proposed to the assembly that Caesar be given Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy) and Illyricum (south-eastern Europe), with Transalpine Gaul (southern France) later added, giving him command of four legions. Instead, he stresses the peril to the state if his client should have to be disqualified." For whoever, who was even but slightly acquainted with the habits of polite men, produced in an assembly and openly read letters which had been sent to him by a friend, just because some quarrel had arisen between them? Considering how crushed everyone is, I manage to carry on without actual humiliation, yet without the courage I should have hoped for from myself in the light of my past achievements. I am disgusted with myself and find writing about it extremely painful. There is not much known of his father, but it was said of his mother, Helvia, He said that some of the representatives of the plebeians were dangerous people "whom nothing appears sufficient to possess, some to whom nothing seems sufficient to squander." He thought that he had more chance of controlling a 19 year man than an experienced soldier and politician in his prime. That might be true but suggests that they the desire for pleasure causes serious problems and quotes Quintus Maximus as saying: "Man has received from nature no more fatal scourge than bodily pleasure, by which the passions in their eagerness for gratification are made reckless and are released from all restraint. (54)Caesar proposed that both he and Pompey should disarm and give up their commands in order to prevent a civil war. (13), In 70 BC Cicero decided to bring a charge of extortion against Gaius Verres, the former governor of Sicily. "Pompey, who above all desired their recognition, disrupted ordered government so that he could then pose as its restorer. He could not agree to blame Pompey; he could not approve of attacks on the Pompeian armies in Spain and Greece. Pompey filled the city with soldiers, a move which intimidated the triumvirate's opponents. Scipio was the conqueror of Carthage in the Third Punic War (149-146 BC). Yet, all the same, I agree with you that it is the least desirable of all the three types of constitution. "Now I will admit, Cato, that I too, when I was young, feeling diffident about my own intellectual resources, sought the assistance of philosophy. (18), In 67 BC Cicero was elected praetor, by all the centuries (voting units in the centuriate assembly), and at the earliest age permitted by law (he was by now 39). I know this type of argument very well. I rejoice in my escape from a savage and ferocious tyrant." In this distribution of the subject, while a division ought by all means to be exhaustive, there are two omissions. For Epicurus, the purpose of philosophy was to attain the happy and tranquil life. Thus no other animal feels the beauty, elegance, symmetry, of the things that he sees; while by nature and reason, man, transferring these qualities from the eyes to the mind, considers that much more, even, are beauty, consistency, and order to be preserved in purposes and acts, and takes heed that he do nothing indecorous or effeminate, and still more, that in all his thoughts and deeds he neither do nor think anything lascivious." In 59 BC, Caesar sanctioned Clodius's adoption into a plebeian family (he was of patrician birth), therefore "enabling him to stand for election to the tribunate of the plebs, the office traditionally sought by popular politicians who wished to propose radical legislation or, in conservative eyes, to stir up trouble". Caesar remained polite; he smiled; he spoke with respect of Cicero's reputation and abilities; he praised his talents and character. "Marcus Antonius disapproves of my consulship; but it was approved of by Publius Servilius - to name that man first of the men of consular rank who had died most recently. I see the things he will boast about. (101), Cicero defended the content of his letters: "For what expression is there in those letters which is not full of humanity and service and benevolence? I am not sure which of these genres would be more inappropriate than the other for me to employ in writing to you. Yes, I did so, but without cancelling another rule which I had also, long ago, laid down for myself: my obligation to protect Roman citizens from danger. 1. In about 95 BC the Ciceros bought a house in Rome so that Marcus and his younger brother, Quintus, should have the best education possible. On the day that Clodius' law was passed, Cicero left Rome and went to live in exile in Macedonia. (23)Cicero had been elected as a popularist but once in power he argued for the status quo and one of his first acts was to oppose the land distributions proposed by the tribune Publius Servilius Rullus. It is worth remembering, in this connection, that the man who rules his country well will, obviously, have deferred to the authority of others in the past - and the man who has rendered this obedience conscientiously has thereby acquired fitness to become a ruler himself some time in the future. (20), Cicero was a candidate for the consulship for the year 63 BC. It was approved of by the senate, in a very full house, so completely, that there was no one who did not thank me as if I had been his parent, who did not attribute to me the salvation of his life, of his fortunes, of his children, and of the republic." Caesar was aware he was the one man whose integrity was generally recognized. One of his enemies in the senate once suggested that he was "every woman's husband and every man's wife". Our imperial authority, the status of our allies, the reputation of the treaties that we made with them - you have demolished them all." But on this subject my situation is that I dare not write what I feel and have no desire to write what I do not feel. I appear in court in behalf of my friends. Such was the longing for peace that it was carried by 370 votes to a mere 22. (2), According to Allan Massie: "He (Sulla) did no more than refurbish the Senate, claiming that this gave it renewed legitimacy, before retiring into private life to die, reputedly of the effects of debauchery, the following year (78 BC). This was an act of bravery as Chrysogonus was an agent of Sulla. I hardly feel my loss of bodily strength. Scipio replied: "I realize, Spurius, that you have always felt a particular dislike for popular power. Naturally enough, perhaps, Cicero immediately began work on a written rebuttal - the Second Philippic. When he received news of this Cicero made a speech accusing Catiline of conspiring against the government: "Imagine every type of criminality and wickedness that you can think of; he has been behind them all. Or whose vocabulary is so varied and yet so exact? Some didn't know of the plot, some lacked courage, others the opportunity. True, you are faced by a formidable rival here; by which I mean the quite outstandingly optimistic expectations that people have of you. On 7th January, Pompey was granted the authority of a dictator. Scipio was the conqueror of Carthage in the Third Punic War (149-146 BC). (29)Cicero argues that Murena should be judged by his and his family record: "Murena conscientiously pushed his candidature forward. You do not miss what you do not want. There are two other sorts of letter which I like very much, one intimate and humorous, the other serious and profound. But it would be impossible to have the benefits which the tribune was designed to provide, without accepting that flaw as well. But the power of the popular Assembly has a much more cruel and violent potential. (72), After the assassination of Julius Caesar, his deputy, Mark Antony took power. However, the senators decided on the death penalty and Cicero supervised the executions of the on 5th December 63 BC. I appear in court in behalf of my friends. Cicero, a supporter of Murena agreed to defend him in court, despite the fact that he was clearly guilty of paying bribes. This last is the highest aim of brutes; the others are fleeting and unstable things and dependent less upon human foresight than upon the fickleness of fortune." Among Caesar's attributes had been his sensitivity, his ability to put himself in the other man's place. (38)Cicero (c. 60 BC)In 60 BC, Julius Caesar, invited Cicero to be the fourth member of his existing partnership with Pompey and Crassus, Cicero refused the invitation because he suspected it would undermine the Republic. They say that it stole upon them faster than they had expected. (47), In 54 BC Cicero began work on a detailed study of government, On the State. (98)Death of CiceroIn November, 44 BC, Mark Antony left Rome for for Gaul and Cicero assumed unofficial leadership of the senate. "Human beings are also different from animals in that they consider "truth" to be important. Another help, too, was his praetorship, in which he had administered the law with such distinction, and earned popularity because of his Games; and his provincial service had further enhanced his reputation. After defeating King Ptolemy XIII, Caesar restored Cleopatra to her throne, with another younger brother Ptolemy XIV as new co-ruler. (30)Cicero then goes on to suggest that the early Greek philosophers, Plato and Aristotle, can help us understand this problem. (79)Cicero attempted to define what he meant by true friendship. (8), In about 80 BC Cicero married Terentia, who was around 18 years old at the time. Although in the past Roman leaders had become dictators in times of crisis, no one had taken this much power. (59)The historian, Suetonius, pointed out: "He (Caesar) was resolved to invade Italy if force were used against the tribunes of the people who had vetoed the Senate's decree disbanding his army by a given date. On Pompey's motion the senate passed a decree, unanimous with the single exception of Clodius, describing Cicero as the saviour of his country. But the foundation of justice is good faith, that is, steadfastness and truth in promises and agreements. As for the philosopher, he does sometimes guess about things he does not know for certain, he is sometimes angry, he is sometimes influenced by prayers and attempts to placate him, he does sometimes alter what he has said if he finds a reason to improve, he does, on occasion, change his opinion. They stayed in one of Caesars country houses. (82)Cicero gives advice of making moral decisions: "It is first to be determined whether the contemplated act is right or wrong, a matter as to which there often are opposite opinions. As you know very well, there are many sorts of letter. However, it was morally wrong to be generous if it was the outcome of bribery and corruption. Plans were made to carry out the assassination in the Senate just three days before he was due to leave for Parthia. Tullia died shortly after childbirth in February, 45 BC. When neither the authority of this body, nor the opinion of the Roman people, nor any laws are able to restrain you." (99), Antony arrived back in Rome and on 2nd September, 43 BC, he made a speech in the Senate where he attacked "Cicero's consulship and the whole career, blaming him for, among other things, the murder of Clodius, the Civil War, and Caesar's assassination. But if any shall be found who think it base to prefer money to friendship, where shall we find those who do not put office, civil and military rank, high place and power, above friendship, so that when the former advantages are placed before them on one side and the latter on the other they will not much prefer the former? (91), Cicero argued: "For to those who have not the means within themselves of a virtuous and happy life every age is burdensome; and, on the other hand, to those who seek all good from themselves nothing can seem evil that the laws of nature inevitably impose. In 70 BC Cicero was elected as a plebeian aedile. In Book II he briefly traces the history of the Roman state. Young men are more liable to illnesses; they are more severely attacked by disease; they are cured with more difficulty. It is well known to you that there is no kind of theft and plunder that he has refrained from undertaking, with unmitigated unscrupulousness, and, what is more, without the slightest concealment." Nor is it easy to find men who will go down to calamity's depths for a friend." But of what immense worth is it for the soul to be with itself, to live, as the phrase is, with itself, discharged from the service of lust, ambition, strife, enmities, desires of every kind! For fear is but a poor safeguard of lasting power; while affection, on the other hand, may be trusted to keep it safe for ever." He also gave his support to the tribune, Titus Annius Milo, who was used to attack Clodius. But now it is high time for me to be friends with myself and my own interests, since I cannot possibly be with the other lot." E. M. Forster described the discussion of old age as a "seductive combination of increased wisdom and decaying powers to which too little intelligence is devoted." This led to street violence and the death of Clodius in 52 BC. What is more these armed men were foreign soldiers: "Let us inquire then whether it was better for the arms of wicked men to yield to the freedom of the Roman people, or that our liberty should yield to your arms. According to Allan Massie: "The disease of power had begun to attack him; he was losing the intuitive responsiveness to the effect of his actions on others. But what pleasure can it possibly be to a man of culture, when either a puny human being is mangled by a most powerful beast, or a splendid beast is killed with a hunting spear? (73)Cicero: On FriendshipIn early 44 BC Cicero wrote an essay On Friendship. Cicero wants his audience to understand that not everyone is loyal to a nation and that some are here to knock down a nation, even if it is done. Or perhaps it is because the whole business is unworthy of my capacities, in comparison with the heavier burdens which I can bear and often do bear in the service of my country. The following year Terentia gave birth to a daughter, Tullia, "who, as she grew up, became the one person whom he loved best in all the world". But your letters I will not produce, although I fairly might, now that I am thus challenged by you; letters in which you beg of me that you may be enabled by my consent to procure the recall of some one from exile; and you will not attempt it if I have any objection, and you prevail on me by your entreaties. (23), Cicero had been elected as a popularist but once in power he argued for the status quo and one of his first acts was to oppose the land distributions proposed by the tribune Publius Servilius Rullus. Nor is it only in my sight and for me, who had it constantly within my reach, that his virtue lives; it will even shed its light and splendour on men unborn. Is there anyone, except Antony and those who were glad to have Caesar reign over us, who did not wish for his death or who disapproved of what was done? This had the effect of making the rest of Caesar's legislation technically invalid. (66)Later Plutarch attempted to explain why some men found her attractive: "Her actual beauty, it is said, was not in itself remarkable but the attraction of her person, joining with the charm of her conversation was something bewitching. (56), Cicero was reluctant to take sides and favoured a negotiated peace in order to prevent a civil war. (106), At the age of 26 Cicero undertook his first criminal case. (71)Cicero was not informed of the plot, since the conspirators believed that he might have warned Caesar. The records of his impeccable father and ancestors helped him. (7)Cicero enthusiastically accepted the belief that "high moral standards, the determination to live up to them, and the emotional self-restraint needed to do so were the most important things in the world - probably the only important things: this being the imperative command of the Law of Nature, identical with divine Providence - which is universally applicable to human relations, because a spark of this divinity is universally distributed among mankind." According to Anthony Grayling, the author of Ideas that Matter (2009): "The Renaissance valued Cicero not merely for his style but for his humanism in the modern sense, expressed as belief in the value of the human individual. Octavian encouraged Cicero's speeches against Antony in the Senate. (57), Cicero and his wife Terentia, had a difficult relationship. (31), It has been argued that Cicero defended Murena in order to protect the state against possible revolution. He later recalled why he agreed to do a deal with this powerful figure: "My views have been alienating Pompey from me? I see the things he will boast about. At first he intended to demand a large sum of money in return for leaving the country. In the tumultuous aftermath of Caesar's death, Cicero "Their roles are subordinate, but what they say is quite interesting, introduced to present not only agreement but also, sometimes, different, critical viewpoints." Force was, in effect, used, and the tribunes fled towards Cisalpine Gaul, which became Caesar's pretexts for launching the Civil War Additional motives are suspected, however: Pompey's comment was that because Caesar had insufficient capital to carry out his grandiose schemes or give the people all that they had been encouraged to expect on his return, he chose to create an atmosphere of political confusion." But what pleasure can it possibly be to a man of culture, when either a puny human being is mangled by a most powerful beast, or a splendid beast is killed with a hunting spear? What is more these armed men were foreign soldiers: "Let us inquire then whether it was better for the arms of wicked men to yield to the freedom of the Roman people, or that our liberty should yield to your arms. It was an early example of "the end justifies the means" or as Sophocles wrote in Electra (c 409 BC): "The end excuses any evil" or in the words of the Roman poet Ovid: "The result justifies the deed" (Heroides c. 10 BC). He suggested that "Rome should be only the greatest among many great and autonomous cities" and the "decadence of the Roman plebs would be redeemed by the virility of the new peoples". It was claimed that he had great charm and that a great deal of military achievements was due to his personality and character which enabled him to win the love and loyalty of his soldiers. By acting as you did, Verres, you have lowered the stature of your country. This care rouses mens minds and makes them more efficient in action. He had several reasons for accepting this difficult case. The records of his impeccable father and ancestors helped him. Cicero also divorced in 47 BC. For there is no doubt at all that nature has granted dominion to everything that is best - to the manifest advantage of the weak. "In the life of an individual man, virtue is the sole good; such things as health, happiness, possessions, are of no account. On Antony's instructions his hands, which had penned the articles he had written against him, were cut off as well; these were nailed along with his head on the Rostra in the Forum Romanum. It was claimed that he had great charm and that a great deal of military achievements was due to his personality and character which enabled him to win the love and loyalty of his soldiers. I hardly feel my loss of bodily strength. In each and every one of those qualities Pompeius excels all other generals we have ever seen or heard of." Then there is room for inquiry or consultation whether the act under discussion is conducive to convenience and pleasure, to affluence and free command of outward goods, to wealth, to power, in fine, to the means by which one can benefit himself and those dependent on him; and here the question turns on expediency. Caesar was appalled by this act of violence against a leading Roman citizen. Or perhaps it is because the whole business is unworthy of my capacities, in comparison with the heavier burdens which I can bear and often do bear in the service of my country. It was an early example of "the end justifies the means" or as Sophocles wrote in Electra (c 409 BC): "The end excuses any evil" or in the words of the Roman poet Ovid: "The result justifies the deed" (Heroides c. 10 BC). "The research and investigation of truth, also, are a special property of man. If you appreciate the reasons why I am under a grateful obligation to him, I beg you to give me the opportunity of fulfilling my obligation to Pompey as well. The talents a general needs are numerous meticulous organisation, courage in danger, painstaking execution, prompt action, foresight in planning. Others objected to the fact that she was a foreigner. Thus one grows old gradually and unconsciously, and life is not suddenly extinguished, but closes when by length of time it is burned out." On 21st February, 49 BC, he forced the surrender of a senatorial army in Corfinium. - series of 4 speeches delivered during his consulship in 63 B.C. (42), In a letter to Gaius Scribonius Curio he explained why he spent so much time on this activity. This care rouses mens minds and makes them more efficient in action. Primary Sources for Epicurus lived on bread and cheese. Stoicism is predominantly a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. This conclusion follows inevitably from the truth of the initial assumption. Such desires as those for wealth and honour are futile, because they make a man restless when he might be contented. And the tightest of the bonds uniting that society is the belief that robbery from another man for the sake of one's personal gain is more unnatural than the endurance of any loss whatsoever to one's person or property - or even to one's very soul. ", Cicero would have liked to have made the speech in the Senate but "armed men are actually between our benches". However, the Optimates found a tribune to veto the bill. Clodius was duly elected as tribune in 58 BC. Cicero composed his incendiary Philippics only a few months after Rome was rocked by the brutal assassination of Julius Caesar. Cicero is the principal speaker and his brother Quintus Tullius Cicero and his friend Titus Pomponius Atticus are the others. Some prefer riches, some good health, some power, some public honours, and many even prefer sensual pleasures. Caesar had 22,000 men under his command but Pompey had an army about twice as large in number. This time it takes place in his own home. For that is the same as denying their common interest with their fellow-countrymen, and all the legal or social obligations that follow therefore: a denial which shatters the whole fabric of national life. Why then should I fear if after death I shall be either not miserable, or even happy?" Frightened that Julius Caesar would now invade Egypt, Ptolemy XIII arranged the execution of Pompey on 28th September. They say that it stole upon them faster than they had expected. 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