For such is the work of philosophy: it cures souls, draws...

For such is the work of philosophy: it cures souls, draws off vain anxieties, confers freedom from desires, drives away fears.

Book II, Chapter IV; translation by Andrew P. Peabody - Tusculanae Disputationes – Tusculan Disputations (45 BC)

For such is the work of philosophy: it cures souls, draws off vain anxieties, confers freedom from desires, drives away fears.

For such is the work of philosophy: it cures souls, draws off vain anxieties, confers freedom from desires, drives away fears.

For such is the work of philosophy: it cures souls, draws off vain anxieties, confers freedom from desires, drives away fears.

For such is the work of philosophy: it cures souls, draws off vain anxieties, confers freedom from desires, drives away fears.