Letter 115
Synesius of Cyrene→Doctor Theodorus|synesius cyrene
famine plagueillness
To the Doctor Theodorus.
Scarcity of food is a blessing forced upon us. Someone else might scoff at the idea, but you cannot — you are the admirer of Hippocrates, who declared that want is the mother of health.
Letter 115: On Want
[1] To the Doctor Theodorus
Scarcity of food is a good forced upon us. Someone else might even scoff at the idea, but that is not permitted to you, the admirer of Hippocrates , who defined want as the mother of health.
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To the Doctor Theodorus.
Scarcity of food is a blessing forced upon us. Someone else might scoff at the idea, but you cannot — you are the admirer of Hippocrates, who declared that want is the mother of health.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.