On the record44 BC
But the Cynics' whole system of philosophy must be rejected, for it is inimical to moral sensibility, and without moral sensibility nothing can be upright, nothing morally good.
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Editor's note · Context
In a critique of philosophical schools, this passage argues for the rejection of Cynicism due to its perceived antagonism towards moral sensibility.
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