Monday, June 12, 2023

 

Joy and Grief

Diogenes Laertius 2.8.98 (on Theodorus; tr. R.D. Hicks):
He considered joy and grief to be the supreme good and evil, the one brought about by wisdom, the other by folly.

τέλος δ᾽ ὑπελάμβανε χαρὰν καὶ λύπην· τὴν μὲν ἐπὶ φρονήσει, τὴν δ᾽ ἐπὶ ἀφροσύνῃ.



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