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HECATO OF RHODES

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 194 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RHODES , See also:Greek Stoic philosopher and See also:disciple of See also:Panaetius (See also:Cicero, De officiis, iii. 15). Nothing else is known of his See also:life, but it is clear that he was eminent amongst the See also:Stoics of the See also:period. He was a voluminous writer, but nothing remains. A See also:list is preserved by See also:Diogenes, who mentions See also:works on See also:Duty, See also:Good, Virtues, Ends. The first, dedicated to Tubero, is eulogized by Cicero in the De officiis, and See also:Seneca refers to him frequently in the De beneficiis. According to Diogenes Laertius, he divided the virtues into two kinds, those founded on scientific intellectual principles (i.e. See also:wisdom and See also:justice), and those which have no such basis (e.g. See also:temperance and the resultant See also:health and vigour). Cicero shows that he was much interested in casuistical questions, as, for example, whether a good See also:man who had received a See also:coin which he knew to be See also:bad was justified in passing it on to another. On the whole, his moral attitude. is cynical, and he is inclined to regard self-See also:interest as the best criterion. This he modifies by explaining that self-interest is based on the relationships of life; a man needs See also:money for the See also:sake of his See also:children, his See also:friends and the See also:state whose See also:general prosperity depends on the See also:wealth of its citizens. Like the earlier Stoics, See also:Cleanthes and See also:Chrysippus, he held that virtue may be taught.

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