Cicero's De Officiis: the useful and the honourable cannot stay apart for long
A book on duty from the Republic's last years — and on why staying silent already counts as deceit.
Not one sentence was false, and it is still deceit. Cicero first sets out what is honourable, then what is useful, and in Book III shows that where the two appear to conflict, the conflict is only apparent.
- The situation
At the end of its term the board knows a sponsor will not return next year, and does not mention it in the handover document.
- What the model says
Not one sentence is a lie, and yet this is exactly the case Book III is about: a silence you profit from.
- What you do
Before you hand the documents over, add one sentence about the sponsor and one about why they are leaving.
What it claims
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