Few literary texts have had as lasting an effect on the study of ethics and moral goodness as Cicero’s De Officiis. For a time, De Officiis was the leading work on moral authority, looked upon by Aquinas, Voltaire, Locke, and countless other great minds as an essential and preeminent guide to honorable living. Cicero’s expertise has become a superior source for research and inquisition into what it means to be a person of virtue. Cicero believes there are four main virtues from which duty springs forth—Wisdom, or the pursuit of truth; Justice, or giving to a man what is his due; Courage, or the power and strength of an unconquerable spirit; and Temperance, or self-control and moderation in thought, speech, and action. Although these virtues are all honorable and noble traits, he mentions one virtue that is distinct from the others in its inherent weakness…