Evidence
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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| Greek | The Republic | INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. / THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I.; lines 8632-8770 | high | Cephalus says many old men complain of lost pleasures and slights, but he blames character rather than age; he recalls Sophocles describing old age as escape from love, a mad and furious master, and says old age may bring calm and freedom when passions relax. | record |