Abstract
In Cicero’s De Officiis, decorum (propriety) and honestum (moral beauty) are closely related, an association which became commonplace throughout the Western Christian world. In late Baroque Germany, however, decorum, envisaged as a component of “political prudence” (Klugheit) fell victim to growing disapproval of this “modern” doctrine, and the severance of honestum and decorum was perceived as outrageous. The paper examines the efforts of all those who, at the dawn of the 18th century, attempted to restore the link between honestum and decorum by advocating a Klugheit above all suspicion.
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