Socrates could violate social customs due only to his supreme virtue. With hosts Chris Anadale, Katherine Bradshaw, Ethan Alexander-Davey, and Ben Peterson.
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IN THIS EPISODE
Book 1, Chapters 148-153
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INDEX
0:00 Introduction to Episode 25
1:02 Book 1 Ch 148-149, Respect Mores, Reject the Cynics
8:58 Book 1 Ch 150, Disreputable Occupations
17:26 Book 1 Ch 151, Honorable Occupations
24:17 Book 1 Ch 152-153, Sociability Compared to Wisdom
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HOSTS
Christopher Anadale is podcast editor for the Ciceronian Society, and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Katherine L. Bradshaw is a Latin and Greek Fellow with the Ancient Language Institute and a Ph.D. student in Humanities through Faulkner University. She has an M.A. in Classics from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in English from the George Washington University.

Ethan Alexander-Davey is associate professor of political science at Campbell University, where he teaches all the courses on political theory and constitutional law. He is co-editor, with Richard Avramenko, of Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times, and Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue Authority and Inequality, both published by Lexington Books.

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.
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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
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Music: No. 4 Piano Journey, by Esther Abrami

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• (00:00:00) - Introduction to Episode 25
• (00:01:02) - Book 1 Ch 148-149, Respect Mores, Reject the Cynics
• (00:08:58) - Book 1 Ch 150, Disreputable Occupations
• (00:17:26) - Book 1 Ch 151, Honorable Occupations
• (00:24:17) - Book 1 Ch 152-153, Sociability Compared to Wisdom