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.
but I give them a place far removed from my political achievements.
Whenever something is to be said in prejudice of your fellow-citizens;
What embassy or service, by which the credit of the city has been raised?
Economics
Upright conduct in handling the master's crops and property without theft or dishonest gain.
Then do you take it on yourself to teach this kind of justice too?
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.