What a sorry state of servitude for a virtue--to be pandering to sensual pleasure!
Cicero: “What a sorry state of servitude for a virtue--to be pandering to sensual pleasure!”
On the record44 BC
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Cicero
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Critiquing the Epicurean philosophy, Cicero expresses his strong disapproval of the idea that virtue should be subservient to pleasure.
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