Cicero Quotes on Nature
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer, and philosopher of the late Roman Republic, who served as consul in 63 BC and was murdered in 43 BC during the proscriptions of the Second Triumvirate. This page collects quotes attributed to Cicero on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Variant: For time destroys the fictions of error and opinion, while it confirms the determinations of nature and of truth.”
De Natura Deorum–On the Nature of the Gods(45 BC) | Book II, section 2; translation by Francis Brooks -
“Law is the perfection of reason implanted in us by nature, which enjoins what should be done, and forbids what we should not do.”
De Legibus(On the Laws)(c. 40s BC) -
“Time destroys the figments of the imagination, while confirming the judgments of nature.”
De Natura Deorum–On the Nature of the Gods(45 BC) -
“Whatever befalls in accordance with Nature should be accounted good.”
Cato Maior de Senectute – On Old Age(44 BC) | section 71