15.
There is Epicurus, for example; mark how greatly he is admired, not only by the more cultured, but also by this ignorant rabble.
This man, however, was unknown to Athens itself, near which he had hidden himself away.
And so, when he had already survived by many years his friend Metrodorus, he added in a letter these last words, proclaiming with thankful appreciation the friendship that had existed between them: “So greatly blest were Metrodorus and I that it has been no harm to us to be unknown, and almost unheard of, in this well-known land of Greece.”
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the rewards of scientific discovery
Location: Chapter 79, Section 15
Content:
15.
There is Epicurus, for example; mark how greatly he is admired, not only by the more cultured, but also by this ignorant rabble.
This man, however, was unknown to Athens itself, near which he had hidden himself away.
And so, when he had already survived by many years his friend Metrodorus, he added in a letter these last words, proclaiming with thankful appreciation the friendship that had existed between them: “So greatly blest were Metrodorus and I that it has been no harm to us to be unknown, and almost unheard of, in this well-known land of Greece.”