The Epistles of Apollonius of Tyana

You should try to be poor as an individual, but to be rich as a member of humanity.--Apollonius, Epistle XXII.

Think globally, act locally; Apollonius of Tyana was called, even in his day, a 'citizen of the world.' Befitting this, he seemed to have voluminous correspondence over a wide region. These are among the few actual writings attributed directly to him; a grab-bag of correspondence with other thinkers, his relatives, friends, merchants, kings, cities who wanted him to visit, and so on. He is friendly, concise, and frank; this is punctuated by invective which seems discontinuous. It is unknown how many of these epistles are genuine.

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