El concepto latino de 'finis' respecto del griego τέλος

Abstract

The extensive quality of the idea of limit expressed by finís becomes evident in the aporia posed in De finibus by the necessity that the supreme good, in order to be perfect, musí not Ulerease with duration. The semantic comparison between τέλος and finís explains the difficulty -in the Ciceronian treaty- to understand virtuous acts as non-cinetic acts and, therefore, capable of increasing intensively.