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Say, ‘This man’s want and aversion are unhealthy, they aren’t functioning correctly, they’re infected. A customer from Rome, together together with his son, was current at one among his lectures when Epictetus said, ‘This is the best way I teach’ - then abruptly stopped talking. ‘Are you implying that at present I don’t? Well, then, speak the reality, you sorry specimen, don’t placed on airs and name yourself a philosopher. All of which explains why Zeno was not nervous about his assembly with Antigonus.32 What Zeno valued Antigonus had no power over, and as a philosopher he cared nothing for the issues that the king did command. It was Antigonus who was anxious before their meeting. Well, then, you're within the position of a soldier on horseback who is about to face a mere foot soldier, on ground that you've got gone over and he has not. So what’s left to complain about in case you have what you’re right here for? And yet I won’t have performed you any harm - any greater than a mirror is to blame when it exhibits a plain person what they seem like; or a doctor is mean if he tells a affected person, ‘Look, you may think that is insignificant, but you’re actually sick; no food for you at this time, only water.’ No one thinks, ‘How rude! |
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