Death & Dying
Book VII, 126: On Philolaus
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
I advise all men to cure suspicion, for even if you don’t do a thing, but people think you do, it is ill for you. So Croton, his country, once slew Philolaus because they thought he wished to have a house like a tyrant’s.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 126: On Philolaus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/30/.
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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 126: On Philolaus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/30/.
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