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Others live to eat. I eat to live.

Socrates, Diogenes Laertius 2.34

The source

"Others live to eat. I eat to live." Socrates said it in Diogenes Laertius 2.34. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"ἔλεγέ τε τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους ζῆν ἵνʼ ἐσθίοιεν· αὐτὸς δὲ ἐσθίειν ἵνα ζῴη."

Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 2.34. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.

Who said it

Socrates (c. 470–399 BC). The Athenian who wrote nothing and questioned everyone. We know him through Plato.

Questions

Who said "Others live to eat. I eat to live."?
Socrates (c. 470–399 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 2.34.
What is the original Greek?
ἔλεγέ τε τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους ζῆν ἵνʼ ἐσθίοιεν· αὐτὸς δὲ ἐσθίειν ἵνα ζῴη. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Calm.

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