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Plato, Menexenus

the Menexenus

also: Epitaphio, funeral oration, Menexenus

Plato's dialogue containing a parody-funeral oration (epitaphios) attributed to Aspasia, from which Cicero quotes the praise of the man who rests all that bears on the happy life within himself and yields to the old precept of moderation in joy and grief.

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Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 1 mention

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