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Cicero (on the Stoics) · 106–43 BCE

Tusculan Disputations 2 ¶4 — Cicero (on the Stoics)

From “On Bearing Pain”

Translation by C. D. Yonge (1853)

Cicero (on the Stoics), Tusculan Disputations 2 ¶4

But let us excite those, if possible, who have had a liberal education, and are masters of an elegant style, and who philosophize with reason and method.
— Cicero (on the Stoics), Tusculan Disputations 2 ¶4 · tr. C. D. Yonge (1853)Read in context →

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A one-line appeal for educated, stylish writers who think with reason and method to take up philosophy in Latin.

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Cicero (on the Stoics), Tusculan Disputations 2 ¶4, tr. C. D. Yonge (1853)