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\u201cAs iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Antisthenes<\/strong>, Greek philosopher<\/p>\n

Cited by biographer Diogenes La\u00ebrtius, in Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E.) Book VI, trans. R.D. Hicks, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972 edition; Chapter 1: Antisthenes, No. 5; online via Perseus Digital Library, ed. Gregory R. Crane, Tufts University, www.perseus.tufts.edu<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf9849-8ff0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Antithenes, cited by Diogenes La\u00ebrtius. Hicks translation]:<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing asked what was the height of human bliss, he replied, \u201cTo die happy.\u201d When a friend complained to him that he had lost his notes, \u201cYou should have inscribed them,\u201d said he, \u201con your mind instead of on paper.\u201d “As iron is eaten away by rust, so, said he, the envious are consumed by their passion.<\/span>\u201d (No. 5)
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Alternative translation <\/em><\/strong>[Antithenes, cited by Diogenes La\u00ebrtius. Yonge translation]:<\/p>\n

\u201cOn one occasion one of his friends was lamenting to him that he had lost his memoranda, and he said to him, \u201cYou ought to have written them on your mind, and not on paper.\u201d A favourite saying of his was, \u201cThat envious were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust<\/span>.\u201d (p. 218)<\/p>\n

[Alternative translation source<\/em>: Antisthenes, cited by biographer Diogenes La\u00ebrtius, in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E.) Book VI, trans. C.D. Yonge, London: G. Bell & Sons, 1915, p. 218; online via University of California & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

Source notes<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Diogenes La\u00ebrtius<\/strong><\/span> was a biographer who compiled his Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> series sometime in the second or third century C.E. Although Diogenes La\u00ebrtius lived several centuries after Antisthenes, most of the written primary & contemporary secondary sources from ancient Greece did not survive to the modern era. La\u00ebrtius\u2019 Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> remains one of the principal \u2013 if imperfect – sources of information about many of the ancient Greek philosophers.<\/p>\n

Robert Drew Hicks<\/strong> <\/span>(R.D. Hicks<\/strong><\/span>) was a Classics professor at Trinity College, Cambridge. His translation of the works of Diogenes La\u00ebrtius was first published by the Loeb Classical Library in 1925.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e09849-8ff0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[Featured quote]<\/span>: Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (3rd Century C.E.|1925 Loeb, 1972 Harvard Press ed.) Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University: http:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0258%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Alternative translation]<\/span>: The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E. | 1915 G. Bell ed.) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/livesandopinions00diogiala#page\/218\/mode\/2up\/search\/rust<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531588223-e020d87d-f7dd094f-cf639849-8ff0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cPay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Antisthenes<\/strong>, Greek philosopher<\/p>\n

Cited by Greek biographer Diogenes La\u00ebrtius (citing earlier writings by Diocles), in Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (3rd Century C.E.) Book VI, trans. R.D. Hicks, Boston, MA:\u00a0Harvard University Press, 1972 edition, Chapter 1: Antisthenes, No. 12; online via Perseus Digital Library, ed. Gregory R. Crane, Tufts University, www.perseus.tufts.edu<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf639849-8ff0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>[Antithenes, cited by Diogenes La\u00ebrtius. Hicks translation]:<\/p>\n

\u201cDiocles records the following sayings of his [Antisthenes]: To the wise man nothing is foreign or impracticable. A good man deserves to be loved. Men of worth are friends. Make allies of men who are at once brave and just. Virtue is a weapon that cannot be taken away. It is better to be with a handful of good men fighting against all the bad, than with hosts of bad men against a handful of good men. Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes<\/span>. Esteem an honest man above a kinsman. Virtue is the same for women as for men. Good actions are fair and evil actions foul. Count all wickedness foreign and alien.\u201d (No. 12)<\/p>\n

Alternative translation <\/em><\/strong>[Antithenes, cited by Diogenes La\u00ebrtius. Yonge translation]:<\/p>\n

\u201cOne should attend to one\u2019s enemies, for they are the first persons to detect one\u2019s errors.<\/span>\u201d (p. 221)<\/p>\n

[Alternative translation source<\/em>: Antisthenes, cited by biographer Diogenes La\u00ebrtius (citing Diocles), in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E.) Book VI, trans. C.D. Yonge, London: G. Bell & Sons, 1915, p. 221; online via University of California & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

Source notes<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Diogenes La\u00ebrtius<\/strong><\/span> was a biographer who compiled his Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> series sometime in the second or third century C.E. Although Diogenes La\u00ebrtius lived several centuries after Antisthenes, most of the written primary & contemporary secondary sources from ancient Greece did not survive to the modern era. La\u00ebrtius\u2019 Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> remains one of the principal \u2013 if imperfect – sources of information about many of the ancient Greek philosophers.<\/p>\n

Robert Drew Hicks<\/strong><\/span> (R.D. Hicks<\/strong><\/span>) was a Classics professor at Trinity College, Cambridge. His translation of the works of Diogenes La\u00ebrtius was first published by the Loeb Classical Library in 1925.<\/p>\n

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Source link\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span>[Featured quote]<\/span>: Lives of the Eminent Philosophers (3rd Century C.E.|1925 Loeb, 1972 Harvard Press ed.) Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University: http:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0258%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Alternative translation]<\/span>: The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E. | 1915 G. Bell ed.) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/livesandopinions00diogiala#page\/220\/mode\/2up\/search\/enemies<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf639849-8ff0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cIt is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you\u2019re devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Antisthenes<\/strong>, Greek philosopher<\/p>\n

Cited by biographer Diogenes La\u00ebrtius (citing Hecato), in Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E.) Book VI, trans. R.D. Hicks, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972 edition; Chapter 1: Antisthenes, No. 4; online via Perseus Digital Library, ed. Gregory R. Crane, Tufts University, www.perseus.tufts.edu<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf639849-8ff0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Antithenes, cited by Diogenes La\u00ebrtius. Hicks translation]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe used to say, as we learn from Hecato in his Anecdotes, that it is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.<\/span>\u201d (No. 4)<\/p>\n

Alternative translation<\/em><\/strong> [Antithenes, cited by Diogenes La\u00ebrtius. Yonge translation]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe used to say, as Hecaton tells us in his Apophthegms, \u201cThat it was better to fall among crows, than among flatters; for that they only devour the dead, but the others devour the living.<\/span>\u201d (p. 218)<\/p>\n

[Alternative translation source<\/em>: Antisthenes, cited by biographer Diogenes La\u00ebrtius (citing Hecaton), in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E.) Book VI, trans. C.D. Yonge, London: G. Bell & Sons, 1915, p. 218; online via University of California & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a>]\n

Source notes<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Diogenes La\u00ebrtius<\/strong> was a biographer who compiled his Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> series sometime in the second or third century C.E. Although Diogenes La\u00ebrtius lived several centuries after Antisthenes, most of the written primary & contemporary secondary sources from ancient Greece did not survive to the modern era. La\u00ebrtius\u2019 Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> remains one of the principal \u2013 if imperfect – sources of information about many of the ancient Greek philosophers.<\/p>\n

Robert Drew Hicks<\/strong> (R.D. Hicks<\/strong>) was a Classics professor at Trinity College, Cambridge. His translation of the works of Diogenes La\u00ebrtius was first published by the Loeb Classical Library in 1925.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf639849-8ff0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>[Featured quote]<\/span>: Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (3rd Century C.E.|1925 Loeb, 1972 Harvard Press ed.) Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University: http:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0258%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Alternative translation]<\/span>: The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E. | 1915 G. Bell ed.) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/livesandopinions00diogiala#page\/218\/mode\/2up\/search\/crows<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1522615827112-892c8bcb-f952″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cStates are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Antisthenes<\/strong>, Greek philosopher<\/p>\n

Cited by biographer Diogenes La\u00ebrtius, in Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E.) Book VI, trans. R.D. Hicks, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972 edition; Chapter 1: Antisthenes, No. 5; online via Perseus Digital Library, ed. Gregory R. Crane, Tufts University, www.perseus.tufts.edu<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1522615827342-29ca0f8a-6861″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>[Antithenes, cited by Diogenes La\u00ebrtius. Hicks translation]:<\/p>\n

\u201cStates<\/span>, said he, are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad<\/span><\/span>.<\/span> Once, when he was applauded by rascals, he remarked, \u201cI am horribly afraid I have done something wrong.\u201d (No. 5)<\/p>\n

Alternative translation\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> [Antithenes, cited by Diogenes La\u00ebrtius. Yonge translation]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe used to say too, \u201cThat cities were ruined when they were unable to distinguish worthless citizens from virtuous ones.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>On one occasion he was praised by some wicked men, and said, \u201cI am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.\u201d (pp. 281-219)<\/p>\n

[Alternative translation source<\/em>: Antisthenes, cited by biographer Diogenes La\u00ebrtius (citing Diocles), in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E.) Book VI, trans. C.D. Yonge, London: G. Bell & Sons, 1915, pp. 218-219; online via University of California & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

Source notes<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Diogenes La\u00ebrtius<\/strong> was a biographer who compiled his Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> series sometime in the second or third century C.E. Although Diogenes La\u00ebrtius lived several centuries after Antisthenes, most of the written primary & contemporary secondary sources from ancient Greece did not survive to the modern era. La\u00ebrtius\u2019 Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> remains one of the principal \u2013 if imperfect – sources of information about many of the ancient Greek philosophers.<\/p>\n

Robert Drew Hicks<\/strong> (R.D. Hicks<\/strong>) was a Classics professor at Trinity College, Cambridge. His translation of the works of Diogenes La\u00ebrtius was first published by the Loeb Classical Library in 1925.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1522615827443-c8f999d2-db01″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[Featured quote]<\/span>: Lives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (3rd Century C.E.|1925 Loeb, 1972 Harvard Press ed.) Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University: http:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0258%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>[Alternative translation]<\/span>: The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers<\/em> (c. 3rd century C.E. | 1915 G. Bell ed.) online via Internet Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/livesandopinions00diogiala#page\/218\/mode\/2up\/search\/unable+to+distinguish<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5f072-0565″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cW<\/strong>ealth and poverty do not lie in a person\u2019s estate, but in their souls.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Antisthenes<\/strong>, Greek philosopher<\/p>\n

Dialogue cited by Greek historian & Socratic student Xenophon (c. 360 B.C.E.) in Symposium<\/em>, trans. H.G. Dakyns, Chapter IV, New York: Macmillan & Co., 1897; eBook online via The University of Adelaide Library, Adelaide, Australia, ebooks.adelaide.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e629849-8ff0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u201cCome now (Socrates exclaimed), it lies with you, sir, you, Antisthenes, to explain to us, how it is that you, with means so scanty, make so loud a boast of wealth.<\/p>\n

Because (he answered) I hold to the belief, sirs, that wealth and poverty do not lie in a man\u2019s estate, but in men\u2019s souls.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c9849-8ff0″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Symposium<\/em>, Chap. IV (c. 360 B.C.E.) University of Adelaide Library: https:\/\/ebooks.adelaide.edu.au\/x\/xenophon\/x5sy\/chapter4.html<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

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