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The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, 46

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(idea) by themusic (6.7 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Tue May 23 2000 at 1:49:39

46

In theory, it is easy to convince an ignorant person: in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate the man who has convinced them.

Whereas Socrates used to say that we should never lead a life not subjected to examination.


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