Thesis

=__Thesis__= **//Cicero:// //On Duties// //Book II// basically talks extensively on the choice of self-interest and virtue. Connections can be made to the //US Constitution// and to //Edgar Huntly//, under indivdual and government characteristics. The founding fathers paved the way for a revolutionary government with the //US Constitution//, likewise Cicero helped pave a foundation for American philosophy. In the //Constitution// itself the fathers left out the abolishment of slavery, choosing a self-advantegous choice over a moral one. In //Edgar Huntly//, Cicero's thoughts are played out when Huntly chooses to rescue a girl captured by Indians. Edgar's journey through out the wilderness is also a parallel of the journey of citizens in a newly established government. Time after time Cicero's ideas appear.**