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De Officiis, an Uncommon card
De Officiis is a 44 BC treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero divided into three books, in which Cicero expounds his conception of the best way to live, behave, and observe moral obligations.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
De Officiis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the De Officiis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
For the first two books Cicero was dependent on the Stoic ______ Panaetius, but wrote more independently for the third book.
Answer
philosopher. For the first two books Cicero was dependent on the Stoic philosopher Panaetius, but wrote more independently for the third book. From the De Officiis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Connected space. Connected space 52,000 · De Officiis 27,000 · Actaea 13,000 · Geography of Kosovo 8,500 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The posthumously published work discusses what is honorable, what is to one's advantage, and what to do when the honorable and private gain apparently conflict.
- For the first two books Cicero was dependent on the Stoic philosopher Panaetius, but wrote more independently for the third book.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The De Officiis article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, De Officiis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Marcus Tullius Cicero, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
