More from Democritus
- Freeman (1948), p. 161
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
Freeman (1948), p. 162Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
Fragment B31 (preserved by Clement of Alexandria), tr. Kathleen Freeman, Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers (1948), p. 149
More about maturity
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007Cat’s Cradle (1963), Chapter 88I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Out of My Later Years (1950), Ch. 2 “Self-Portrait” (1936), p. 5If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.
Stephen Kingborn 1947Christine (1983), Pt. 1, Ch. 5