“Then truly the life of the gods will pass to men”: Contemplating Diogenes of Oenoanda’s Golden Age
Abstract
The description of a future golden age of Epicurean tranquility and the doctrine of unconcern about the future are not contradictory if this golden age is intended as pleasing to imagine rather than promised for the future.
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2019-05-27
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