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Headword: *filosofi/as
Adler number: phi,417
Translated headword: philosophy's
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
["Philosophy's] benefit [is] not to consider it at all terrible to withdraw from the little bag of flesh;[1] [...] and not to be softened towards a woman and boys."
Greek Original:
*filosofi/as o)/felos, to\ mhde\n h(gei=sqai deino\n a)naxwrh=sai tou= qulaki/ou tw=n kreu+lli/wn kai\ pro\s gunai=ka kai\ pai=das a)/tegkton e)/sesqai.
Notes:
Synesius, Epistles 132.268c, quoted approximately.
[1] That is, to die.
Keywords: children; ethics; gender and sexuality; imagery; philosophy; rhetoric; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 21 December 2010@23:48:12.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (tweaks; more keywords) on 22 December 2010@04:31:39.
David Whitehead on 12 December 2013@03:35:17.

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