Unnamed objector
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
a certain man · he · he says
spoken of as
1 expressionInterlocutor of letter 109“unnamed objector”1 mention
Letters to Lucilius (Latin)
even the thing that is at its highest heat needs heat added, to keep it at the highest.
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Letters to Lucilius
An unnamed interlocutor voice raising the objection that a perfected wise man cannot be further profited
even the thing that is at its highest heat needs heat added, to keep it at the highest.
"If," he says, "it is superfluous to warm a thing brought to the highest heat, then it is superfluous, for one brought to the highest good, that anyone should profit him.
De Virginibus Velandis
An unnamed man whose reported question about soliciting virgins reveals that glory, not grace, motivates the practice of unveiled virginity
Deservedly, then, while they do not cover the head, that they may be solicited for glory's sake, they are compelled to cover their bellies in the ruin of their weakness.