De Officiis

De Officiis
Title page of De Officiis. Christopher Froschouer – 1560.
AuthorCicero
LanguageClassical Latin
SubjectEthics
GenrePhilosophy
Publication date
44 BC
Publication placeRoman Republic
Original text
De Officiis at Latin Wikisource

De Officiis (On Duties, On Obligations, or On Moral Responsibilities) is a 44 BC treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero divided into three books, in which Cicero expounds his conception of the best way to live, behave, and observe moral obligations. The work discusses what is honorable (Book I), what is to one's advantage (Book II), and what to do when the honorable and private gain apparently conflict (Book III). For the first two books Cicero was dependent on the Stoic philosopher Panaetius, but wrote more independently for the third book.