Assertion: cicero | /r/HasProperty | a witness of the civil war
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text: This definition of justice is significantly influenced by the crisis of the republic and Cicero’s own experiences: He probably included the part about not hurting each other as he was a witness of the civil war, and from his time in exile follows his defence of private property (On Duties 1.21), a point stressed several times in On Duties because according to the philosopher, the ‘proper function of citizenship and a city’ is to guarantee for all a ‘free and unworried guardianship of his possessions’ (2.78).
text: As Cicero was a witness of the civil war beginning 49 BC between Caesar and Pompey, two men focusing on their own advantage and seeking to rule over the Republic, it is understandable that in his theory of justice, the virtue has to establish a state where people and especially politicians care about other citizens and serve the common good rather than their own one.