The Advantage of the Philosopher During Anarchy1
Aristippus Obeys Law Without Law
(from Diogenes Laertius's Lives of Eminent Philosophers)
UPON BEING ASKED what advantage there was to being a philosopher, the pupil of Socrates, Aristippus, replied, “Should all laws be repealed, we shall go on living as we do now.”
Endnotes
1 Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers II.68. ⇑
