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To the solitary man who talked to himself he remarked, You are not talking to a bad man. When some one twitted him on his old age, his reply was, I too am ready to depart; but when again I consider that I am in all points in good health and that I can still write and read, I am content to wait. We are told that he wrote down Zeno’s lectures on oyster-shells and the blade-bones of oxen through lack of money to buy paper. Such was he; and yet, although Zeno had many other eminent disciples, he was able to succeed him in the headship of the school.
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He has left some very fine writings, which are as follows: Of Time. Of Zeno’s Natural Philosophy, two books. Interpretations of Heraclitus, four books. De Sensu. Of Art. A Reply to Democritus. A Reply to Aristarchus. A Reply to Herillus. Of Impulse, two books.
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Antiquities. Of the Gods. Of Giants. Of Marriage. On Homer. Of Duty, three books. Of Good Counsel. Of Gratitude. An Exhortation. Of the Virtues. Of Natural Ability. Of Gorgippus. Of Envy. Of Love. Of Freedom. The Art of Love. Of Honour. Of Fame. The Statesman. Of Deliberation. Of Laws. Of Litigation. Of Education. Of Logic, three books. Of the End. Of Beauty. Of Conduct. Of Knowledge. Of Kingship. Of Friendship. On the Banquet. On the Thesis that Virtue is the same in Man and in Woman. On the Wise Man turning Sophist. Of Usages. Lectures, two books. Of Pleasure. On Properties. On Insoluble Problems. Of Dialectic. Of Moods or Tropes. Of Predicates.
