Tusculan Disputations · Character
Themistocles
Athenian general and statesman; architect of Greek victory at Salamis.
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Also known as Themistocles
First appearance: tusculan disputations
Themistocles shows up with force in Book IV: On Other Perturbations of the Mind. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as an example of those whose commendable studies are wrongly called 'lust' by some.
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