Ethical Handbook (1695) - Page 6

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Cicero, Tusculan Disputations

original: "Tusc. Quæst." — referring to the Tusculanae Quaestiones, a series of books written by the Roman statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero around 45 BCE. This specific passage is from Book 5.

O Philosophy, guide of life! O seeker out
of virtue and expeller of vice! A
single day lived well and according to your precepts
is to be preferred to a sinful
immortality. The author uses this quote to emphasize that the quality of a life lived with moral integrity is more valuable than any length of life lived in error.

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