Frasi di Biante
Biante
Data di nascita: 600 a.C.
Data di morte: 530 a.C.
Biante è stato un filosofo greco antico, uno dei Sette Sapienti.
Frasi Biante
„La maggioranza degli uomini è cattiva.“
— Biante
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.
— Biante
Origine: Citato in Luciano De Crescenzo, Storia della filosofia greca. I Presocratici, Mondadori, 2005, p. 18.
„Porto con me ogni mia ricchezza.“
— Biante
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
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)
