Hello and welcome to Classical Stuff You Should Know, a podcast about the classical world put on by three guys who work at a classical Christian school in Austin, Texas.

My name is Graham Donaldson, and I am joined here with Thomas Fletcher Magby.

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And Arthur Janhanenberg.

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And gentlemen, I am contractually obliged to greet you both, because that is my sworn duty

that I have to perform or else my virtue is besmirched.

Or maybe I understand duty incorrectly.

And that's probably the case.

Hannanburg, if what, what does it mean to have duties and responsibilities?

And stop giggling at the world.

Sorry, it's funny.

Every time you say it, it's very funny. Yeah, it's good. When, you know, I, it was just my birthday. I am now 34. And the word

duty still makes me. Like, is it, is it ever going to come to a place? No, it means you're young at

heart. This is a, this is a good thing about you. You will be a jolly old man. Yes. I hope so. For the record, I think, I think maybe was giggling more than I was.

Fair point. I mean, he is the youngest.

Yeah, which means I can be the most immature. Yeah, exactly. For sure. Okay, today we are

going to talk about book one of Cicero's On Duty. I'm still, it's funny every time. I'm so sorry. I can't get over it. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.

It's going to be a hard podcast. Sorry. Yeah, it really is going to be a rough one. So it's,

we're doing book one of Cicero's on duty. I plan this to be a three-parter because the real

kicker, the real fun part comes on part three. Right. So his book on duty is divided into three sections. One considers what is right

and good for men to do. What is our duty? Book two considers what is expedient. And then book three

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