I Read Classical Literature
Since the weather is so crappy, I'm going to start rereading Epictetus's Discourses. I read it in college more than 40 years ago. It's about time I read him again.
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LeeInTheNorthWoods · 70-79, F
@Penny I’ll confess to a long-time admiration of Epictetus. But, lots of writers, academics, philosophers believe Stoicism is very relevant to modern society. If you haven’t already, I’m sure you can Google articles that explain how Stoics relate to modern society if you’re curious about it.
Some of my favorite quotes from [u]Discourses[/u] are (I hope these are accurately restated!):
“With every accident that befalls you, remember to turn inward and inquire what power you have to turn it to good use.”
“The first business of one who practices philosophy is to get rid of self-conceit because it is impossible for someone to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we should listen twice as much as we speak."
"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of those things."
I hope this isn’t too boring! Your eyes aren’t closing, are they? LOL.
Some of my favorite quotes from [u]Discourses[/u] are (I hope these are accurately restated!):
“With every accident that befalls you, remember to turn inward and inquire what power you have to turn it to good use.”
“The first business of one who practices philosophy is to get rid of self-conceit because it is impossible for someone to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we should listen twice as much as we speak."
"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of those things."
I hope this isn’t too boring! Your eyes aren’t closing, are they? LOL.
