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Show WHO SAID i I 4 Mill III. II I..-v . it i.er.- Ii I iV hot ihv vt.itc poaseaaea htm Diogenes Lacrtlus, a well-knou H Baaaaal I philosopher of ancient Greece, wa ' J conversing with a friend. The topi' H of conversation was a certain man of H great wealth whoso whole Interest In t ppH vv i lappea in hi? possessions. H "Ho possesses a great estate," ic H marked the friend of Diogenes a bit LH enviouslv . wc presume, H "No," responded h philojioph-i pBI "That man .joe not possess his estate. H but his estate possesses li!m." H Aa ho spoke a truth thai may be BH 'uttered of many a man of wealth to- H duy who does not derive from bis r H 'wealth the pleasure and happiness BH I which should be his. but w ho grinds If 1 cut his existence the slave of money H and propertv he has amassed. The greatest thing which Diogenes H did foi tli.- l irnlng of the woTld was 1 I to compile a sort of hlstor of phll- H oaophv and this work has served as a ) philosophical history Diogenes Leer- M tins must not be confused with the dl- lingulshed Ldogenes of Slnope who II I reputed to have lived In a tub anl I starched the streets of Athens with a I lantern In quest of an honest man Diogenes Lasrtiua is supposed to ! have been born In tho second ccntur i after Christ. Ills history Is divided into ten volumes. It contains much that la I H absurd and more that is Improbable. p but at tho samo time It gives much I that La of Interest regarding the prlnt.- I life of the Greeks. alcafurray. |