Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
Cicero's "Paradoxa Stoicorum" (Stoic Paradoxes)
Only the morally good is truly good - Virtue is the only genuine good, while things like wealth, health, and pleasure are morally indifferent.
Virtue is sufficient for happiness - A person who possesses virtue has everything necessary for a happy life, regardless of external circumstances.
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Happy is he who has fortunes and reason.
(Menander–Mon. 340, from Stobaeus)
lindaraquelita • A Catalog of Montaigne's Beam Inscriptions
What do I love when I long for achievement? That is the Augustinian question.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
the vicissitudes of fate,