Letter to Menoeceus
Epicurus
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Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 endorsed 1 citation
Introduced with 'well, then, does Epicurus too write,' indicating explicit approval of the quoted letter.
If, then, some of the indifferent things have obtained such honour that they seem to be choiceworthy even against the will of some, much more must virtue be reckoned worth fighting for, looking to nothing else but to the very thing that is able to be nobly done, whether it seem otherwise to some or not.
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Vitae philosophorum Diogenes Laertius 1 citation · 19 passages
Introduced with 'We must now proceed to his letter' and quoted in full thereafter.
Epicurus to Menoeceus, greeting.
book 10 ¶
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