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Single Idea 518

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue ]

Full Idea

To live badly is not just to live badly, but to spend a long time dying.

Gist of Idea

A bad life is just a drawn-out death

Source

Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B160), quoted by (who?) - where?

Book Ref

'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.106