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Single Idea 526

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / c. Wealth ]

Full Idea

Small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

Gist of Idea

Small appetite makes poverty equal to wealth

Source

Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B284), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 4.33.24

Book Ref

'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.117