Death & Dying
Book VII, 121: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Nor you alone, Pythagoras, abstained from living things, but we do so likewise; who ever touched living things? But when they are boiled and roasted and salted, then they have no life in them and we eat them.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 121: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/26/.
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