Necessity knows no law except to prevail.

Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Necessity Desperation Moral theory

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Writer

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Turkey Europe

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Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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Time
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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

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Man is a social animal.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 4, prop. 35, note.

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