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Stoic philosophy
To shun selfishness and to have high regard for fairness and, being a human being, to wish to help and to be unwilling to harm one's fellow men is the noblest lesson.
Lectures, Lecture IV, c. 70 AD
Translated by Cora E. Lutz · Stoic philosophy
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