Diogene Laerzio: Frasi in inglese (pagina 4)

Diogene Laerzio era storico greco antico. Frasi in inglese.
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“Wealth is the sinews of affairs.”

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Diogenes Laërtius

Bion, 48.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy

“Writers differ with respect to the apophthegms of the Seven Sages, attributing the same one to various authors.”

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Diogenes Laërtius

Thales, 14.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common."”

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Bion, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy

“He used to say that personal beauty was a better introduction than any letter; 18 but others say that it was Diogenes who gave this description of it, while Aristotle called beauty "the gift of God"; that Socrates called it "a short-lived tyranny"; Theophrastus, "a silent deceit"; Theocritus, "an ivory mischief"; Carneades, "a sovereignty which stood in need of no guards."”

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Aristotle, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 5: The Peripatetics

“Being asked whether it was better to marry or not, he replied, "Whichever you do, you will repent it."”

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Socrates, 16.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers

“Solon gave the following advice: "Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath. Never tell a lie. Pay attention to matters of importance."”

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Solon, 12.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule in his comedies, as making the worse appear the better reason.”

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Socrates, 5.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers

“The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."”

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Aristotle, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 5: The Peripatetics

“The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander’s.”

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Periander, 6.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“Xenophanes was the first person who asserted… that the soul is a spirit.”

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Xenophanes, 3.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 9: Uncategorized philosophers and Skeptics

“The chief good is the suspension of the judgment, which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.”

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Pyrrho, 11.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 9: Uncategorized philosophers and Skeptics

“That the gods superintend all the affairs of men, and that there are such beings as dæmons.”

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Plato, 42.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 3: Plato

“Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down."”

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Pyrrho, 8.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 9: Uncategorized philosophers and Skeptics

“Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men."”

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Aristippus, 4.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers

“Anaximander used to assert that the primary cause of all things was the Infinite,—not defining exactly whether he meant air or water or anything else.”

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Anaximander, 2.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers

“When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one’s self." And what was easy, "To advise another."”

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Thales, 9.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages

“One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist.”

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Zeno, 53.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 7: The Stoics

“When he was praised by some wicked men, he said, "I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing."”

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Antisthenes, 4.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 6: The Cynics

“Arcesilaus had a peculiar habit while conversing of using the expression, "My opinion is," and "So and so will not agree to this."”

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Arcesilaus, 12.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy

“The apophthegm "Know thyself" is his.”

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Thales, 13. Compare" "There are two sentences inscribed upon the Delphic oracle, hugely accommodated to the usages of man’s life: 'Know thyself', and 'Nothing too much'; and upon these all other precepts depend", Plutarch, Consolation to Apollonius.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages