What Is Property? · Character
Cato
Roman statesman cited on moral virtue.
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First appearance: what is property
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Mentioned as an example of one who tore out his entrails to avoid enslavement.
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This passage marks the dramatic climax because it reveals the terrifying logical endpoint of property's tyrann…
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