Principal Doctrine 6

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Principal Doctrine 6

“Political rule and kingly power being what they are, it is a good thing to feel secure in human relations no matter through whose agency one is able to attain this." (Epicurus, Principal Doctrine 6)

Translated by Norman De Witt in St. Paul and Epicurus (1954; 187)

The Galata Tower by Moonlight by Ivan Aivazovsky (1845)

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