Date of Award
5-1927
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Philosophy
Abstract
To fully appreciate the character and work of a great man, we must first visualize his life environment and contemporary history. Such details may seem tiresome, as indeed they are, but that does not prevent them from having a tremendous influence upon such a character and such work. To the reader, dates and facts of history become very boring, so we will endeavor to eliminate them from our study, as much as possible.
In Venusia, a small town of southern Italy, on December 8, 65 B.C. Quintus Horatius Flaccus was born. His parents, like all parents, must have entertained great hopes for the future of this little country child. But in their wildest dreams of fancy, they could scarcely have pictured to themselves the heights to which their son would rise. If the success of some millionaire or prominent statesman or humble origin makes us applaud, so much more should we approve the phenomenal success of Horace, who rose from a rustic village to immortal fame, not by barter or oratory, but by charming the hearts of men with winged words of song.
Recommended Citation
Caffrey, Anthony B., "Auintus Horatius Flaccus, Epicurean Stoic" (1927). Bachelors’ Theses. 139.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/139
Comments
A Thesis submitted partially to fulfill the requirements for e Degree or Bachelor of Arts