Letter 27
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.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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