The first duty of justice is to harm no one.

Iustitiae primum munus est, ut ne cui quis noceat.

Panaetius

Philosophers

Panaetius

Greek Stoic (c. 185-109 BC), last head of the Athenian Stoa. He reformed strict early Stoicism into a liveable ethics. His On Duties survives via Cicero and shaped Western moral and political thought for two millennia.

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Panaetius's Other Quotes

Only that which is to be sought for its own sake is truly moral (honestum).

Nothing is fitting when Minerva is unwilling — that is, when nature opposes and resists.

The knowledge and contemplation of nature is somehow defective and incomplete unless action follows.

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