Epictetus · c. 50 – c. 135 CE
Fragments 13 — Epictetus
Translation by George Long (1877)
Epictetus, Fragments 13
No man who loves money, and loves pleasure, and loves fame, also loves mankind, but only he who loves virtue.
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Epictetus, Fragments 13, tr. George Long (1877)
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AI-written notesPeople devoted to money, pleasure or fame cannot truly care about others, because only the person who loves virtue has room for love of humanity.
Themes and situations
- Virtue and character
- Community and our duty to others
- Wealth and poverty
- Ambition and success
- Money, status and wanting more
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