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Plutarch

Cato the Younger Section 1

Section 295 of 318

Canonical reference 67.1

Ancient Greek

λουσάμενος δὲ μετὰ πολλῶν ἐδείπνει καθήμενος, ὥσπερ εἰώθει μετὰ τὴν μάχην οὐ γὰρ κατεκλίθη πλὴν καθεύδων συνεδείπνουν δὲ πάντες οἱ ἑταῖροι καὶ τῶν Ἰτυκαίων οἱ ἄρχοντες, καὶ μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον ὁ πότος ἔσχε μοῦσαν πολλὴν καὶ χάριν, ἄλλων ἐπʼ ἄλλοις λόγων φιλοσόφων κυκλούντων, ἄχρι οὗ περιῆλθεν ἡ ζήτησις εἰς ταῦτα δὴ τὰ παράδοξα καλούμενα τῶν Στωϊκῶν, τὸ μόνον εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἐλεύθερον, δούλους δὲ τοὺς φαύλους ἅπαντας.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

After his bath, he took supper with a large company, sitting at table, as was his wont after Pharsalus; indeed, he lay down only when he slept; and there were at supper with him all his companions, and the magistrates of Utica. After supper, there was much literary and genial discourse over the wine, and one philosophical tenet after another made the rounds, until there came up the enquiry into what were called the paradoxes of the Stoics, namely, that the good man alone is free, and that the bad are all slaves.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

Après son bain, il soupa en nombreuse compagnie, assis à table comme il en avait l’habitude depuis Pharsale ; en effet, il ne se couchait que pour dormir. Tous ses compagnons et les magistrats d’Utique partageaient son repas. Après le souper, le vin accompagna une longue conversation, érudite et enjouée, où les thèses philosophiques circulèrent l’une après l’autre, jusqu’à ce que l’on en vînt à examiner ce qu’on appelait les paradoxes des Stoïciens, à savoir que seul l’homme de bien est libre et que tous les méchants sont esclaves.

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