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Full Idea
If a person has wisdom for one instant, he is no less happy than he who possesses it for eternity.
Gist of Idea
Wisdom for one instant is as good as wisdom for eternity
Source
Chrysippus (fragments/reports [c.240 BCE]), quoted by Pierre Hadot - Philosophy as a way of life 8
Book Ref
Hadot,Pierre: 'Philosophy as a Way of Life', ed/tr. Davidson,Arnold I. [Blackwell 1995], p.228
A Reaction
[Hadot quotes Plutarch 'On Common Conceptions' 8,1062a] This makes it sound awfully like some sort of Buddhist 'enlightenment', which strikes like lightning. He does wisdom recognise itself - by a warm glow, or by the cautious thought that got you there?