""A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.""
-Joseph Addison, "Cato 1713" Joseph Addison was born in 1672 in Milston, Wiltshire, England. He was educated in the classics at Oxford and became widely known as an essayist, playwright, poet, and statesman. First produced in 1713, "Cato, A Tragedy" inspired generations toward a pursuit of liberty. Liberty Fund s new edition of "Cato: A Tragedy, and Selected Essays" brings together Addison s dramatic masterpiece along with a selection of his essays that develop key themes in the play. "Cato, A Tragedy" is the...