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Cicero: That, therefore, which young men--not only uninstructed, but absolutely ignorant--treat as of no account, shall men who…

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That, therefore, which young men--not only uninstructed, but absolutely ignorant--treat as of no account, shall men who are neither young nor ignorant shrink from in terror?
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Cicero

Editor's note · Context

Cicero uses a rhetorical question to challenge the notion that older, more experienced men should fear death more than the young and ignorant.

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