Unit 4 Paraphrase Flashcards
1
Q
Live without conventions, which are artificial and false, escape complexities and extravagances: only so can you live a free life.
A
Live simply and freely. Pay no attention to conventions, which are unnatural and useless. Avoid or get rid of all those unnecessary things that make your life complicated and wasteful: only in this way can you live a free life.
2
Q
If I were not Alexander, I should be Diogenes.
A
Both of them were free man. One is free from the constraints of everything. The other is free for he controls everything. This remark shows Alexander’s deep understanding of Cynicism.
