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the Seven Sages
the Seven
also: the Seven, the Seven Sages, Seven Wise Men, septem sapientes, the Seven Wise Men
The traditional canon of seven wise men of archaic Greece (commonly Thales, Solon, Bias, Pittacus, Cleobulus, Periander, and Chilon), proverbial for practical wisdom. Cicero notes in De Finibus 2.7 that they were styled "wise" not by their own claim but by the common verdict of all peoples, unlike Epicurus.
Reading notes
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §2.7 the Seven
The Seven Sages of archaic Greece (commonly Thales, Solon, Bias, Pittacus, Cleobulus, Periander, and Chilon), bywords for practical wisdom. Cicero observes that they earned the name not by self-proclamation but by the common verdict of all peoples.