Laelius
historical figure · 5 works · 16 mentions · 23 anchored passages
Gaius Laelius · Laelius the Wise · that famous Laelius
in the texts
On Moral Ends
Roman statesman, student of Diogenes and Panaetius, praised as wise for disregarding the pleasures of the palate
And Laelius did not prefer the sweetness of sorrel to Gallonius's sturgeon, but disregarded sweetness itself;
Nor was that Laelius, who as a young man had heard the Stoic Diogenes and afterward Panaetius, called wise because he did not understand what was most delicious — for it does not follow that he whose heart is wise should not have a wise palate — but because he reckoned it of little worth.
and on these matters enough has been said by Laelius in our books On the Commonwealth.
On the Commonwealth
Scipio's dialogue partner who poses questions and prompts the discourse on the best form of commonwealth.
Scipio:
" Laelius:
" Laelius:
Letters to Lucilius
Roman statesman cited as an example of a strong character vulnerable to crowd pressure.
A multitude unlike themselves could have shaken even Socrates, Cato, and Laelius out of their character;
If he seems to you too rigid, choose a man of milder mind, Laelius.
Shall I receive both the Marci Catones, and Laelius the Wise, and Socrates with Plato, and Zeno and Cleanthes into my mind without the highest reverence?
Tusculan Disputations
Roman statesman noted for learning.
For it is recorded that Galba, Africanus, and Laelius were men of learning, and that Cato, who was older than they, was eager for it;
But far more slowly will fame forsake Curius, Fabricius, Calatinus, the two Scipios, the two Africani, Maximus, Marcellus, Paulus, Cato, Laelius, and others past number;
yet before the age of Laelius and Scipio I find none whom I could name by name.
On the Nature of the Gods
Roman statesman of the fathers' generation, cited as favored by divine help
and in our fathers' memory, Scipio, Laelius;