“But, I think, it is quite possible for us to know in one way what we are learning, while being ignorant of it in another way.”
― Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
― Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
“Won’t we, therefore, be willing to endure pain in order to gain complete happiness?”
― Musonius Rufus: Lectures and Sayings
― Musonius Rufus: Lectures and Sayings
“We will train both soul and body when we accustom ourselves to cold, heat, thirst, hunger, scarcity of food, hardness of bed, abstaining from pleasures, and enduring pains.”
― Musonius Rufus: Lectures and Sayings
― Musonius Rufus: Lectures and Sayings
“Besides this, we also say that there is not only knowledge but also some origin of knowledge, which gives us cognition of the definitions.”
― Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
― Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
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