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Cicero: On Duties (De Officiis) in toki pona: - with sitelen pona (Stoic Wisdom in Toki Pona)
Paperback
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 3 2026
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Cicero's On Duties is a practical manual for moral decision-making - written for real life: promises, reputation, money, public service, friendships, temptation, and pressure.
This edition reimagines the text in toki pona, the minimalist language built to express meaning with a tiny core vocabulary. The result is a calmer, lower-noise read: fewer words, clearer choices, less room for self-deception.
What makes this edition different (and why it exists):
- Original toki pona translation created for this publication
- Two-layer reading format: toki pona (Latin script) + the same lines repeated for sitelen pona
- Public-domain English reference text included for meaning verification and comparison
- A phrase-focused glossary built around recurring anchor formulas (not a basic word list)
- Editorial structure and book design made for slow, daily reading
Book I focuses on moral rightness and the virtue map.
Book II tests useful choices: wealth, influence, work, favors, public life.
Book III is the stress test: when the honorable and the useful seem to conflict.
This is a calm, practical book about attention, integrity, and stable action - made sharper by a language that forces you to simplify what you think you mean.
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