Cicero and the Constitution
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The Enlightenment and Reason Passion and the Constitution
Cicero thought that the passions if they get out of hands then you can end up in a sort of despotism which is why you've got to keep them under control. Cicero would say well if you are attaching your happiness to something that is inherently fickle volatile and dependent on other people because all of those things are dependent on others. Scott Nelson: The only thing which you have with yourself is your own individual virtue your own inner virtue and I think at the end of his book five disputations he arrives at the conclusion thatvirtuousness is key to true happiness but it must be cultivated too.
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