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The natural philosopher Heraclitus said that man is naturally irrational. If this is true, as it is true, then everyone who enjoys futile glory should hide his face.

Apollonius of Tyana

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Apollonius of Tyana (c. 15 – c. 100 AD) was a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from the town of Tyana in the Roman province of Cappadocia in Asia Minor.

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Native Name: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς

Alternative Names: Apollonius Tyanensis

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Approve and pursue the kind that is in accordance with nature. But avoid the kind that claims to be inspired: people like that about tell lies about Gods, and urge us to do many foolish things.

The soul that does not consider the question of the body’s self-sufficiency cannot make itself self-sufficient.

I saw the Indian Brahmans living on the earth and not on it, walled without walls, and with no possessions except the whole world.

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