How few philosophers are to be found who are such in character, so ordered in soul and in life, as reason demands; who regard their teaching not as a display of knowledge, but as the rule of life; who obey themselves, and submit to their own decrees!


Tusculanae Disputationes – Tusculan Disputations (45 BC), Book II, Chapter IV

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How few philosophers are to be found who are such in character, so ordered in soul and in life, as reason demands; who regard their teaching not as a ...

How few philosophers are to be found who are such in character, so ordered in soul and in life, as reason demands; who regard their teaching not as a ...

How few philosophers are to be found who are such in character, so ordered in soul and in life, as reason demands; who regard their teaching not as a ...

How few philosophers are to be found who are such in character, so ordered in soul and in life, as reason demands; who regard their teaching not as a ...