Ho bíos brakhús…
Learned lately that the phrase “ars longa, vita brevis” comes from Seneca’s De brevitate vitæ (On the Short Life; I read the translation, of course): “vitam brevem esse, longam artem.” This in turn comes from Greek, from Hippocrates’s Aphorisms: “Ho bíos brakhús, he dè tékhne makré.”
lukhnos :: Feb.18.2006 :: bon vivant :: 1 Comment »
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For the record: Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή.