decrees
“dogmata”
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Decrees the object
decree · doctrines · dogmata · resolutions · tenets
in the texts
Third Olynthiac
Formal Athenian decisions treated as ineffective unless joined to action.
At the same time, Athenians, you must not forget this, that a mere decree is worthless without a willingness on your part to put your resolutions into practice.
You have among you, Athenians, men competent to say the right thing, no nation is quicker-witted to grasp the meaning of speech, and you will at once be able to translate it into action, if only you do your duty.
Letters to Lucilius
The foundational doctrines or tenets of philosophy that Seneca argues are necessary alongside precepts.
Besides, no contemplative art is without its decrees, which the Greeks call dogmata, and which we may call either decrees or doctrines or tenets, which you will find both in geometry and in astronomy.
Besides, those who do away with decrees do not understand that they are confirmed by the very act of being done away with.
If proofs are necessary, decrees too are necessary, which gather the truth by reasoning.