Category: Blog
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Good And Evil? Look At Your Choices
“Where is Good? In our reasoned choices. Where is evil? In our reasoned choices. Where is that which is neither Good nor Evil? In the things outside of our own […]
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How To Have a Good Day
“God laid down this law, saying: if you want some good, get it from yourself.” Here is how to guarantee you have a good day: do good things. Any other […]
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Don’t Go Expecting Perfection
“That cucumber is bitter, so toss it out! There are thorns on the path, then keep away! Enough said. Why ponder the existence of nuisance? Such thinking would make you […]
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Made For Justice
“The unjust person act against the gods. For insofar as the nature of the universe made rational creatures for the sake of each other, with an eye toward mutual benefit […]
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Made For Working Together
“Whenever you have trouble getting up in the morning, remind yourself that you’ve been made by nature for the purpose of working with others, whereas even unthinking animals share sleeping. […]
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Push For Deep Understanding
“From Rusticus … I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too quickly with those who have a […]
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Progress of The Soul
“To what service is my soul committed? Constantly ask yourself this and thoroughly examine yourself by seeing how you relate to that part called the ruling principle. Whose soul do […]
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A Little Knowledge is Dangerous
“Every great power is dangerous for the beginner. You must therefore wield them as you are able, but in harmony with nature.” Great teachers are usually hardest on their most […]
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A Leader Leads
“One person, on doing well by others, immediately accounts the expected favor in return. Another is not so quick, but still considers the person a debtor and knows the favor. […]
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Some Simple Rules
“In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about […]
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The Start Up of You
“But what does Socrates say? ‘Just as one person delights in improving his farm, and another his horse, so I delight in attending to my own improvement day by day.’” […]
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Stop Monkeying Around
“Enough of this miserable, whining life. Stop monkeying around! why are you troubled? What’s new here? What’s so confounding? The one responsible? Take a good look. Or just the matter […]