Eat like a human being, drink like a human being, dress up, marry, have children,
get politically active — suffer abuse, bear with a headstrong brother, father, son, neighbor, or companion.
Show us these things so we can see that you truly have learned from the philosophers.
— Epictetus, Discourses 3.21.5– 6
(Epictetus was a slave-turned-philosopher - He faced slavery and a life-long disability.)
get politically active — suffer abuse, bear with a headstrong brother, father, son, neighbor, or companion.
Show us these things so we can see that you truly have learned from the philosophers.
— Epictetus, Discourses 3.21.5– 6
(Epictetus was a slave-turned-philosopher - He faced slavery and a life-long disability.)
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