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Marcus Tullius Cicero · philosophical treatise, 44 BCE
Cicero's last work before Antony's men killed him is a father's field manual for right conduct, built on the claim that nothing genuinely expedient can ever be genuinely dishonest.
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Theaetetus
Plato · philosophical dialogue, c. 369 BCE
Socrates and a brilliant teenage mathematician spend an afternoon trying to define knowledge, and take apart every answer they come up with, including their own.
Gorgias
Plato · philosophical dialogue, c. 380 BCE
Socrates corners three defenders of rhetoric in a row, ending with a Macedonian house where the loser of the argument turns out to have the strongest stomach for it.
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