Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant Quotes on Virtue
Apollodorus, called the Garden Tyrant, was a Greek Epicurean philosopher of the second century BC and head of the Garden in Athens, the eighth or ninth scholarch of the school. This page collects quotes attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant:
“The doctrines of Epicurus are not to be improved by alteration; they are to be applied.”
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Attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant:
“He who softens the school in order to please outsiders has betrayed the founders.”
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Attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant:
“Pleasure rightly understood is the absence of pain in body and disturbance in soul.”
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Attributed to Apollodorus the Garden Tyrant:
“The Garden flourishes only when its gates are guarded by orthodoxy.”