Commentarius in Sapientiam II
A Beginner's Guide
2.1 εἶπον γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς λογισάμενοι οὐκ ὀρθῶς Ὀλίγος ἐστὶν καὶ λυπηρὸς ὁ βίος ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἴασις ἐν τελευτῇ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώσθη ὁ ἀναλύσας ἐξ ᾅδου. In the Hellenistic period, the two dominant philosophical schools were those of Epicurus and the Stoics. Epicureans believed that there were gods but denied that they were provident in the univ…
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