1093. Homer and Chrysippus

Stoic Meditations by Massimo Pigliucci

Aug 22, 202200:02:03Religion & Spirituality

If I admire the interpretation [of a philosophical treatise], I have turned into a literary critic instead of a philosopher, the only difference being that, instead of Homer, I’m interpreting Chrysippus.

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