For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

End justifies the means Wrongdoing Moral relativism

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Writer

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Turkey Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

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Source
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Medium
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Time
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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God and all the attributes of God are eternal.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Author

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Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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