Ariston
cited 3 times by 3 works in the library · not held
also in the atlas: Ariston the figure
The library holds nothing under this name. Three of its books reach for it anyway — that is what puts it on the corpus's wanted list.
1 neutral
cited by
3 citations · from 3 works-
De recta ratione audiendi Plutarch 1 citation
Ariston's maxim is invoked as authoritative support for the standard by which a discourse's value should be judged.
For, as Ariston was wont to say, The bath and a discourse are of no use unless they are purgative.
de recta ratione audiendi ¶ -
Demosthenes Plutarch 1 neutral 1 citation
Ariston is cited as the source for the claim that Demosthenes took the poison from his writing pen.
As for the poison, Ariston says he took it from the pen, as I have said;
chapter 30 ¶ -
Letters to Lucilius Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 citation
Ariston is explicitly named as the source of the cited observation, used approvingly by Seneca
Then it will be permitted us to understand how worthless are the things we admire, most like children, to whom every plaything is of value;
letter 115 ¶
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the marks
- authority
- relied on as a source of legitimacy
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- argued against
- extended
- developed or continued
- endorsed
- agreed with
- roman
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- italic
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- ¶
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- 7
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