Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger)

thumb|right|Metrodorus of Lampsacus Metrodorus of Lampsacus (331/0 – 278/7 BC) was a Greek philosopher of the Epicurean school. Quotes Occupavi te, Fortuna, atque cepi omnisque aditus tuos interclusi, ut ad me adspirare non posses. I have prevented you, Fortune; I have caught you, and cut off every access, so that you cannot possibly reach me. Attributed to Metrodorus by Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, V, IX, 27, as translated by W.H. Main, Tusculan Debates, Pickering, 1824, p. 237. Mortale est omne mortalium bonum. All the Good of mortals is mortal. Attributed to Metrodorus by Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, XVI, 98, 9, as translated by Richard Mott Gummere, Moral letters to Lucilius, Loeb Classical, 1925. Esse aliquam cognatam tristitiae voluptatem [...]. There is a certain pleasure akin to sadness [...]. Attributed to Metrodorus by Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, XVI, 99, 25, as translated by Richard Mott Gummere, Moral letters to Lucilius, Loeb Classical, 1925. [...] The source of happiness in ourselves [is] greater than that which arises from objects. Attributed to Metrodorus by Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, II, 21, as translated by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Clement of Alexandria, vol. II, in Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325, vol. XII, 1869, p. 74. Remember, O Menestratus, that, being a mortal endowed with a circumscribed life, thou hast in thy soul ascended, till thou hast seen endless time, and the infinity of things; and what is to be, and what has been. Attributed to Metrodorus by Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, V, 14, as translated by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Clement of Alexandria, vol. II, in Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325, vol. XII, 1869, p. 300. Bibliography Alfred Körte, Metrodori epicurei fragmenta, Leipzig, Teubner, 1890. External links Metrodorus Category:Philosophers from Greece Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths