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Stilpo Quotes on Freedom

Stilpo of Megara was a Greek philosopher of the Megarian school and one of the most admired philosophical teachers of the early Hellenistic age. This page collects quotes attributed to Stilpo on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Stilpo:

    “I have lost nothing of my own.”

  • Attributed to Stilpo:

    “True wealth is what no one can take from you.”

  • Attributed to Stilpo:

    “I am untroubled, for I have nothing that is not within me.”

  • Attributed to Stilpo:

    “It is by reason that we are made free.”

  • Attributed to Stilpo:

    “A wise person is at home everywhere.”