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self-preservation

SELF-PRESERVATION

ad omnem vitam tuendam appetitus (Cic. Fin. 5 9 in.): conservandi sui custodia (Cic. N.D. 2 48 extr.): corporis nostri caritas (Sen. Ep. 14 1). The instinct of self-preservation belongs to all living creatures omni animali primus ad omnem vitam tuendam appetitus a natura datus est se ut conservet (Cic. De Fin. 5 9 24); omne animal se ipsum diligit ac simul ortum est id agit ut se conservet (ib.); generi animantium omni est a natura tributum ut se vitam corpusque tueatur declinetque ea quae nocitura videantur omniaque quae sunt ad vivendum necessaria anquirat et paret (Cic. Off. 1 4 11); omni animali insita est corporis sui caritas (Sen. Ep. 14 1); omnibus ingenuit animalibus conservandi sui natura custodiam (Cic. N.D. 2 48 extr.).

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