person
Socrates
Athenian philosopher (c. 470–399 BC); invoked as the man who could equally take or leave pleasures.
Reading notes
- Meditations §1.16.9 Socrates
The Athenian philosopher (c. 470–399 BC); cited as the man who could equally take or abstain from the pleasures that master most men.
- Meditations §3.6.2 as Socrates used to say
Socrates, here invoked for the practice of withdrawing the mind from the persuasions of the senses to judge clearly.