“Ask me, if you choose, if a Cynic shall engage in the administration of a state.”

— Epictetus

Golden Sayings of Epictetus
Context: Ask me, if you choose, if a Cynic shall engage in the administration of a state.... Ask you if a man shall come forward in the Athenian assembly and talk about revenues and supplies, when his business is to converse with all men, Athenians, Corinthians, and Romans alike, not about supplies, not about revenue, not yet peace and war, but about Happiness and Misery, Prosperity and Adversity, Slavery and Freedom?... what greater government shall he hold than he holds already? (117).

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philosopher from Ancient Greece 50–138

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