Cicero (on the Stoics) · 106–43 BCE
Tusculan Disputations 5 ¶48 — Cicero (on the Stoics)
From “Whether Virtue Alone Be Sufficient for a Happy Life”
Translation by C. D. Yonge (1853)
Cicero (on the Stoics), Tusculan Disputations 5 ¶48
Shall I not, then, prefer the life of Plato and Archytas, manifestly wise and learned men, to his, than which nothing can possibly be more horrid, or miserable, or detestable?
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Cicero (on the Stoics), Tusculan Disputations 5 ¶48, tr. C. D. Yonge (1853)
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AI-written notesA one-sentence conclusion to the tyrant's story: the life of wise and learned people like Plato and Archytas is clearly preferable to the horrid, miserable existence of Dionysius.
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- Virtue and character
- Leadership and power
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