Letter 27: If you hold the virtue of philosophy in esteem, you will honor it not only in the living but also in the dead.
To Constans.
If you hold the virtue of philosophy in esteem, you will honor it not only in the living but also in the dead. The divine Amyntianus, once among us for a time, has passed on to a better lot — absent in appearance, but I think still present in spirit. A close relative of his, his own kinsman, now needs your help. Show him that the legacy of a philosopher still carries weight with honorable men.
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