Talking trash about me? He can hit me too, as long as I'm not there.
Aristotle, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 5
Talking trash about me? He can hit me too, as long as I'm not there.
Aristotle, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 5
The source
"Talking trash about me? He can hit me too, as long as I'm not there." Aristotle said it in Diogenes Laertius, Lives 5. Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.
"Having heard that he was abused by someone, he said: He may beat me too, if he likes, in my absence"C. D. Yonge, 1853, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 5. Anecdote reported by Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD).
Who said it
Aristotle (384–322 BC). Plato's student and Alexander's tutor, who wrote on virtue as a practiced habit.
Questions
- Who said "Talking trash about me? He can hit me too, as long as I'm not there."?
- Aristotle (384–322 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius, Lives 5.
- What is the original wording?
- Having heard that he was abused by someone, he said: He may beat me too, if he likes, in my absence (C. D. Yonge, 1853). Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.
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