“Men who give up the common goal of all things that exist, thereby cease to exist themselves. Some may perhaps think it strange that we say that wicked men, who form the majority of men, do not exist; but that is how it is. I am not trying to deny the wickedness of the wicked; what I do deny is that their existence is absolute and complete existence. Just as you might call a corpse a dead man, but couldn't simply call it a man, so I would agree that the wicked are wicked, but could not agree that they have unqualified existence.”
Quote by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
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The Consolation of Philosophy
Written in the second century AD, this work is a series of letters between Marcus Aurelius and his idealized mentor, the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It delves into the nature of virtue, the purpose of life, and the role of reason in the face of adversity, reflecting the Stoic philosophy that Marcus Aurelius practiced as a Roman Emperor. more
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