Date of Award
Summer 1965
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Foreign Languages and Literatures
First Advisor
Wallach, Luitpold
Second Advisor
Jaques, Mary Isaac
Third Advisor
Conley, John
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine what Cicero himself considered to constitute moral goodness. I have avoided as much as possible a discussion of the schools of ancient philosophy and an evaluation of Cicero's logic. I have in general limited the discussion to his philosophical works, for it seemed better to take Cicero at his professed word. The study by Warren Gordis, the estimates of moral values expressed in Cicero's letters (Chicago: 1905), shows among other things that the position held in the philosophical works sometimes differs from that in Cicero's other works. It was my intention to make in this study no unsupported statements and no strained interpretations.
Recommended Citation
Hebein, Richard, "Cicero's Concept of Moral Goodness" (1965). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 1357.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/1357