One's physical comforts and wants, therefore, should be ordered according to the demands of health and strength, not according to the calls of pleasure.
Cicero: “One's physical comforts and wants, therefore, should be ordered according to the demands of health and strength, not…”
Editor's note · Context
From his treatise on moral duties, this passage advises on the proper ordering of physical desires.
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