ROMANIAN STATUS

Abstract

The socio-political and legal thinking of Marcus Tullius Cicero is based on the concept of the supreme good without which a state cannot last. Therefore, the subordination of the individual to the state is a natural law, and the city must be organized based on public law and moral principles. Starting from morality, like Plato but contrary to Aristotle, Cicero argues that the philosopher, as a sage of the city, must be involved in politics and even lead, because he is the link between the upper, lower and middle classes. The state seen as res publica is the work of the people, but the people are not just a bunch of people gathered at random, but a crowd united in a legal system founded by a common agreement for the common good. We distinguish from the above that justice is the basis of the state and is not to be confused with the usefulness reached by man's immeasurable love for others, by subordinating his own benefit to the general.

Keywords

• supreme good
• fortress public law
• moral principles
• res publica