On the record44 BC
Which then of the two would you prefer to have given to you--bodily strength like that, or intellectual strength like that of Pythagoras?
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Cicero
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gutenberg.orgCicero: “Which then of the two would you prefer to have given to you--bodily strength like that, or intellectual strength like…”
Editor's note · Context
Pondering the value of different human attributes, Cicero poses a rhetorical question comparing the merits of immense physical power versus profound intellectual capacity.
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