Death & Dying
Book VII, 101: On Speusippus
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
If I had not heard that Speusippus would die so, no one would have persuaded me to say this, that he was not akin to Plato; for then he would not have died disheartened by reason of a matter exceeding small.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 101: On Speusippus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/10/.
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