Biante frasi celebri
“La maggioranza degli uomini è cattiva.”
Origine: Frase scritta da Biante sul tempio di Apollo a Delfi, secondo Diogene Laerzio in Vite dei filosofi I, 87. Citato in Luciano De Crescenzo, Storia della filosofia greca. I Presocratici, Mondadori, 2005, p. 20.
Origine: Citato in Luciano De Crescenzo, Storia della filosofia greca. I Presocratici, Mondadori, 2005, p. 18.
“Porto con me ogni mia ricchezza.”
Omnia mea mecum porto.
Gli scrittori classici la attribuiscono a Biante, ma anche a Simonide e a Stilpone (Giuseppe Fumagalli, L'ape latina, Hoepli, 1987).
Attribuite
Biante: Frasi in inglese
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
“Accept of things, having procured them by persuasion, not by force.”
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
as reported by Demetrius of Phalerum in Apophthegms of the Seven Sages, Loeb Classical Library, volume 525 Early Greek Philosophy, p. 137
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
“Speak of the Gods as they are.”
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
“Do not speak fast, for that shows folly.”
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
“Great riches come to many men by chance.”
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
“Do not praise an undeserving man because of his riches.”
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
“Whatever good fortune befalls you, attribute it to the gods.”
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
