Single Idea 5894

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

Full Idea

All men are afraid of poverty, but not a single philosopher is so.

Gist of Idea

All men except philosophers fear poverty

Source

M. Tullius Cicero (Tusculan Disputations [c.44 BCE], V.xxxi.88)

Book Reference

Cicero: 'Tusculan Disputations', ed/tr. King,J.E. [Harvard Loeb 1927], p.517


A Reaction

Not a thought which is encountered very often in modern philosophy journals. If a person is to be 'philosophical' in the way they live, calm endurance of the vicissitudes and hardships of life has to be a key prerequisite.