Cicero's dialogue On the Ends of Good and Evil — a comprehensive survey of the main Hellenistic ethical theories (Epicurean, Stoic, New Academic) presenting the best arguments for each.
The most systematic Latin account of Hellenistic ethics: the Epicurean view that pleasure is the highest good; the Stoic view that virtue alone is good; the Academic view combining virtue with external goods. A key source for Hellenistic philosophical texts otherwise lost.
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