Saccata's Ethics and Politics

Saccata's view of the relationship between ethics and politics is at both extremes. At one extreme you have the hardcore realism of immacuvelity which then influenced modern statesman like Kissinger among others. Saccata was trying to strike a compromise between keeping your principles and acting according to your philosophy in the long run but also compromising on a day-to-day basis because otherwise you're not getting anything done. He summarizes this attitude beautifully i think in a letter that he wrote to his friend lifelong friend acticus where cissero is complaining about kato the younger, says saccata. "You do not love him more than i do," writes sister  about her