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2026
Ethical Justification of Meritocracy in Cicero’s Conceptions of vir bonus
The ideal of a society composed of virtuous members capable of the best governance has traditionally been widely discussed in social-philosophical and ethical thought. The classical concepts of Plato and Aristotle laid the foundations for this idea. While Plato emphasized the role of the wisdom of philosopher-rulers, A...
Evgenij Derzhivitskij, V. Perov
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