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Cephalus On Ageing

Cephalus, in answer to Socrates’ question of whether life is harder towards the end,

“For certainly old age has a great sense of calm and freedom; when the passions relax their hold, then, as Sophocles says, we are freed from the grasp not of one mad master only, but of many.” (3)

Plato, Trans. Benjamin Jowett, The Republic, Dover Publications: New York. 2000.

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I’ve completed all but defence of my thesis for a masters in philosophy. My disciplinary interest is in the acquisition and maintenance of our beliefs. But I also have a background in the study of rhetoric, linguistics, and philosophy of language. Political rhetoric particularly interests me.

2 responses to “Cephalus On Ageing”

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    Dr B

    Cicero had a lot to say on old age too. His short book on the subject was very readable

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    pammentations

    Thank you!

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