Meditations VII.46

But, my good sir, see whether nobility and goodness do not mean something other than to save and be saved; for surely a man worthy of the name must waive aside the question of the duration of life however extended, and must not cling basely to life, but leaving these things in the hands of God pin his faith to the women’s adage, his destiny no man can flee,’ and thereafter consider in what way he may best live for such time as he has to live.⁵⁹

• 59.Plato’s Gorgias 512 DE.

  In Gorgias 512 DE Socrates tells Callicles that a true man should not be concerned with living as long as possible.