Meaning of acriculus | Babel Free

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(Adiectivum)

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“hoc dicit, et hoc ille acriculus me audiente Athenis senex Zeno, istorum acutissimus, contendere et magna voce dicere solebat: eum esse beatum, qui praesentibus voluptatibus frueretur confideretque se fruiturum aut in omni aut in magna parte vitae dolore non interveniente, aut si interveniret, si summus foret, futurum brevem, sin productior, plus habiturum iucundi quam mali”

1886 translation by Andrew P. Peabody This, however, he does say, and this old Zeno, that sharp little man, the most acute of Epicureans, in my hearing at Athens used to argue and proclaim with a loud voice, namely, that he is happy who enjoys present pleasures, and expects to enjoy the like during most or all of his life, without the intervention of pain, or who, if pain intervenes, bears it in mind that if very severe, it must be brief, if prolonged, attended by more of enjoyment than of evil

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