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

From

Turkey Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

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Medium
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Citation

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Source
City of God
Genre
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Language
Latin
Time
426 420s 5th century
Era
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Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. De civitate Dei contra paganos [On the City of God Against the Pagans]. c. 426, bk. 19, sect. 24.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. City of God, translated by Henry Bettenson. Penguin Classics, 2004, bk. 19, sect. 24.