Virtue is necessary for human cooperation and happiness. With hosts Chris Anadale, Coyle Neal, Ethan Alexander-Davey, and Katherine Bradshaw.
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IN THIS EPISODE
Book 2, Chapters 16-22
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INDEX
30:11 Final Thoughts on Virtue and a Free People0:00 Introduction to Episode 29
0:47 Book 2 Ch 16-17, Why We Need the Virtues
7:42 Book 2 Ch 18, Virtue Depends on 3 Things
14:37 Book 2 Ch 19-20, Fortune's Role in Human Life
20:48 Book 2 Ch 21-22, Why Men Support Others
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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
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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.

Coyle Neal is stepping into a position as Associate Professor of Public Service at College of the Ozarks. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Theory from The Catholic University of America and is the author of Echoes of Antiquity. He is also City Tax Collector of Bolivar, Missouri.
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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 29
• (00:00:47) - Book 2 Ch 16-17, Why We Need the Virtues
• (00:07:42) - Book 2 Ch 18, Virtue Depends on 3 Things
• (00:14:37) - Book 2 Ch 19-20, Fortune's Role in Human Life
• (00:20:48) - Book 2 Ch 21-22, Why Men Support Others
• (00:30:11) - Final Thoughts on Virtue and a Free People