Daily SpecimenAugust 8
No one can be happy who looks to himself alone. The greatest consolation in trouble is the thought that we are not suffering alone, and that others have borne as much and more.
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Philosophers
All →- Zeno of Citiumc. 334 – 262 BCE · AthensRead →
- Cleanthesc. 330 – 230 BCE · AthensRead →
- Chrysippusc. 279 – 206 BCE · AthensRead →
- Panaetius of Rhodesc. 185 – 110 BCE · Rhodes & RomeRead →
- Posidoniusc. 135 – 51 BCE · RhodesRead →
- Cato the Younger95 – 46 BCE · RomeRead →
- Marcus Aurelius121–180 CE · RomeRead →
- Seneca the Youngerc. 4 BCE – 65 CE · RomeRead →
- Epictetusc. 50 – 135 CE · Rome & NicopolisRead →
- Musonius Rufusc. 20 – 100 CE · RomeRead →
- Cicero106 – 43 BCE · RomeRead →
- Diogenes Laertiusc. 3rd century CE · unknownRead →
- Hieroclesc. 2nd century CE · unknownRead →