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Seneca

Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 1

Section 67 of 2,141

Canonical reference 9.1

Latin

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An merito reprehendat in quadam epistula Epicurus eos, qui dicunt sapientem se ipso esse contentum et propter hoc amico non indigere, desideras scire. Hoc obicitur Stilboni ab Epicuro et iis quibus summum bonum visum est animus inpatiens.

French

Baillard 1914

Épicure a-t-il raison de blâmer, dans une de ses lettres, ceux qui disent que le sage se suffit à lui-même et partant n’a pas besoin d’amis ? voilà ce que tu veux savoir. Épicure s’attaquait à Stilpon et à ceux qui voient le bien suprême dans une âme qui ne souffre de rien.

English

Richard M. Gummere · Moral Letters to Lucilius

You desire to know whether Epicurus is right when, in one of his letters, he rebukes those who hold that the wise man is self-sufficient and for that reason does not stand in need of friendships. This is the objection raised by Epicurus against Stilbo and those who believe that the Supreme Good is a soul which is insensible to feeling.

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