"M: Nam efficit hoc philosophia: medetur animis, inanes sollicitudines detrahit, cupiditatibus liberat, pellit timores."
— Cicero

January 1, 1970

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For such is the work of philosophy: it cures souls, draws off vain anxieties, confers freedom from desires, drives away fears. — Book II, Chapter IV; translation by Andrew P. Peabody