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Full Idea
If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now.
Clarification
'Law' is the Greek word 'nomos', which also translates as 'convention'
Gist of Idea
If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now
Source
Aristippus the elder (fragments/reports [c.395 BCE]), quoted by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.Ar.4
Book Ref
Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.83
A Reaction
Presumably philosophers develop inner laws which other people lack.
| 1749 | If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder] |
| 3018 | People who object to extravagant pleasures just love money [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 1755 | Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 3558 | Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas] |
| 1751 | Pleasure is the good, because we always seek it, it satisfies us, and its opposite is the most avoidable thing [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 5835 | The road of freedom is the surest route to happiness [Aristippus elder, by Xenophon] |