Talk:The Cobbler and the Financier

Xenophon

In Xenophon's Symposium, a man named Charmides lists poverty as a thing he values and is proud of, because he had worries (including fear of thieves) and obligations while rich, but now has none and lives in peace. Is there anything exploring a possible connection?Omeganian (talk) 07:04, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Horace might have known the Symposium, but you would have to prove a stronger connection. So far the passage you cite is WP:OFFTOPIC. The article here concerns the story of a man given money and then returning it to the giver because it destroyed his peace of mind. What Charmides says is something the Buddha taught before him, and doubtless many other philosophers. But it is only the supporting instance that this article is concerned with. Sweetpool50 (talk) 11:59, 7 February 2022 (UTC)