“One of the sophisms of Chrysippus was, "If you have not lost a thing, you have it."”

Chrysippus, 11.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 7: The Stoics

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biographer of ancient Greek philosophers 180–240

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