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  • The general rule of old was Distrust, which the crafty Sicilian, as Cicero (_Ad Attic. _ i. 19) calls Epicharmus, was always whispering in his ear.

    Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839

  • In the same way, the mereological essentialist will endorse the earlier arguments from Epicharmus and Chrysippus: the debtor cannot gain new matter and Dion cannot survive the loss of his right foot.

    Material Constitution Wasserman, Ryan 2009

  • The ancient playwright Epicharmus tells the tale of a poor but resourceful debtor.

    Material Constitution Wasserman, Ryan 2009

  • Thirdly, for the mutual agreement, as being of the same kind: Sus sui, canis cani, bos bovi, et asinus asino pulcherrimus videtur, as Epicharmus held, and according to that adage of

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Summon the great masters of either kind of poetry — Epicharmus, the prince of

    Theaetetus 2007

  • Hold fast to the saying of Epicharmus, that the bone and sinew of wisdom is ‘Never trust rashly.’

    Imperium Robert Harris 2006

  • Hold fast to the saying of Epicharmus, that the bone and sinew of wisdom is ‘Never trust rashly.’

    Imperium Robert Harris 2006

  • The dispute concerning increase is indeed ancient; for the question, as Chrysippus says, was put by Epicharmus.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • The comic writer Epicharmus, an ancient author, and of the school of

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • The same effect is produced by piling up facts in a climax after the manner of Epicharmus.

    Rhetoric Aristotle 2002

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