Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 4.7

ID: BCA46C88-9989-4E08-A450-D9497D7BA4E9
TRANSLATOR: Farnsworth
CATEGORY: [[id:A3E4FC21-752F-413F-8289-0F0BD8B81FD4][Judgement]]
AUTHOR: Cicero

Grief, then, is a recent opinion of some present evil, about which it seems right to feel downcast and in low spirits. Joy is a recent opinion of a present good, in response to which it seems right to be elated. Fear is an opinion of an impending evil that seems unbearable. Lust in an opinion about a good to come - that it would be better if it were already here.