The Book Of Dead Philosophers (critchley, Simon) / quote 7 of 18

Knowing when to walk out of the world

As Marcus Aurelius writes, it is one of ‘the noblest functions of reason to know whether it is time to walk out of the world or not’. Unknowing and uncertain, the philosopher walks.

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