Cicero (on the Stoics) · 106–43 BCE
Tusculan Disputations 4 ¶31 — Cicero (on the Stoics)
From “On Other Perturbations of the Mind”
Translation by C. D. Yonge (1853)
Cicero (on the Stoics), Tusculan Disputations 4 ¶31
Note: Spoken by Cicero’s listener (“A.”), not by Cicero — the reply follows in the next passage.
A. Clear enough; but should there be occasion for a more exact inquiry, I shall take another opportunity of asking you. I expect you now to hoist your sails, as you just now called them, and proceed on your course.
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Cicero (on the Stoics), Tusculan Disputations 4 ¶31, tr. C. D. Yonge (1853)
https://whatwouldstoicsdo.com/passage/tusculan-disputations/4.31
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