Hippocrates, Oath of Hippocrates (c. 400 BC)

Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves.

— Hippocrates on Seduction

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves." in the context of "Hippocrates, Oath of Hippocrates (c. 400 BC)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Hippocrates

Hippocrates (Ἱπποκράτης) of Kos (c. 460 BC - 377 BC) was an ancient Greek physician who is referred to as the "father of medicine".