Evil, the supreme, I, 5; III, 119;
not pain, I, 5; III, 105, 117;
but moral wrong, III, 105, 106;
the only, III, 106.
Expediency, definition, II, 1, 11;
indispensable, III, 101;
identical with Moral Rectitude, II, 9-10; III, 20, 35, 49, 83, 85,
110;
conflict with Moral Rectitude impossible, III, 9, 11, 18, 34, 40, 48,
72;
incompatible with immorality, III, 35, 77, 81, 82, 87; II, 64;
one standard for both, III, 75;
relative, II, 88 fg.;
possible change of, III, 95;
occasion for doubt, III, 19;
apparent conflict with justice, III, 40, 86;
apparent political expediency _vs._ humanity, III, 46-49;
in business, III, 50 fg.;
apparent conflict with Fortitude, III, 97-115;
apparent conflict with Temperance, III, 116.
Fabius;
_see_ Maximus.
Fabricius;
Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, hero of old Rome, famed for integrity and
moral dignity;
called "the Just," III, 16, 87;
consul (282);
served against Pyrrhus (280);
ambassador to Pyrrhus to negotiate exchange of prisoners;
Pyrrhus tried to gain his favour by appeals to his ambition, avarice,
and fears--in vain, I, 38;
consul again (278), he sent back to Pyrrhus the traitor, I, 40;
III, 86-87;
a rigorous censor (275);
lived and died in poverty.
Fame;
_see_ Glory.
Fear, the wretchedness of, II, 25-26;
_vs._ love, II, 23-26;
dangerous to the one who employs it, II, 26.
Fetial Law, the laws of the _Fetiales_, a college of four priests who
served as guardians of the public faith;
they conducted the ceremonies attendant upon demands for redress,
declarations of war, ratification of treaties, establishment of
peace; I, 36; III, 108.
Fides;
_see_ Good Faith;
the goddess, III, 104;
etymology of, I, 23.
Fimbria, Gaius Flavius, colleague of Marius in his second consulship
(104);
orator and jurist, III, 77.
Finance, II, 87;
reform of currency, III, 80-81.
Fortitude, the third Cardinal Virtue, I, 15, 61-92;
its characteristics, I, 66;
in the light of justice, I, 62, 157;
dangers attending, I, 46, 62-63;
_vs._ expediency, III, 97-115;
in Epicurus's system, III, 117.
Fraud, criminal, III, 60 fg.
Friendship, motives to, I, 55-56;
acquisition of friends, II, 30;
ideal, I, 56; III, 45-46;
_vs._ duty, III, 43-44.
Fufius, Lucius, an orator of no great ability, II, 50.
Furius;
Lucius Furius Philus, consul (136), proconsul in Spain, III, 109;
a learned interlocutor in Cicero's _Republic_.
Galus, Gaius Sulpicius;
_see_ Sulpicius.
Gaul, an inhabitant of Gaul, the land north of the Apennines, III, 112.
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