Virtue, Politics, and Republican Heroes: A Comparison of George Washington and Cato the Younger
This thesis examines the extent to which George Washington may have intentionally modeled himself upon Cato the Younger, the Roman senator who famously resisted tyranny during the decline of the Roman Republic. Having seen a rendition of Joseph Addison's Cato as a young man and quoting the play...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2015
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1025 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2059&context=cmc_theses |