QuoteQuest“τὸ κοχλίου ἀγαθὸν οὐκ εἰκὸς εἶναι ⟨ἐν⟩ τῷ κελύφει, τὸ οὖν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰκός;”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Epictetus
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
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- Wikiquote
Context
It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?
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Epictetus. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Epictetus. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Epictetus
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