Sunday, January 29, 2023
If Not Now, When?
Diogenes Laertius 4.8.60 (on Lacydes; tr. R.D. Hicks):
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He studied geometry late, and some one said to him, "Is this a proper time?" To which he replied, "Nay, is it not even yet the proper time?"
ὀψὲ δὲ αὐτῷ γεωμετροῦντι λέγει τις, εἶτα νῦν καιρός; καὶ ὅς· εἶτα μηδὲ νῦν;
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