Civic virtue
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
free from dishonesty · honest · honesty · incorruptible · integrity · loyalty · not touch his master's property · patriotic citizen · political uprightness · upright
in the texts
On the Crown
The loyalty, honesty, and public-spirited conduct expected of an Athenian statesman.
At the very outset of my career I had chosen once for all the path of political uprightness and integrity, and resolved to support, to magnify, and to associate myself with the honor, the power, and the glory of my native land.
is it more decent and patriotic that for the sake of the services of men of old times, enormous as they were, nay, great beyond expression, the services that are now being rendered to the present age should be treated with ingratitude and vituperation, or that every man who achieves anything in a spirit of loyalty should receive some share of the respect and consideration of his fellow-citizens?
What course of action was proper for a patriotic citizen who was trying to serve his country with all possible prudence and energy and loyalty?
Economics
Upright conduct in handling the master's crops and property without theft or dishonest gain.
Of course, Socrates, returned Ischomachus, he must be honest and not touch his master’s property.
Nevertheless I guide the servants into the path of justice with the aid of maxims drawn from the laws of Draco and Solon.
Thus, seeing that the honest grow richer than the dishonest, many, despite their love of lucre, are careful to remain free from dishonesty.