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moderns, was the first who conceived a method of knowledge, although neither of them always distinguished the bare outline or form from the substance of truth;
“But if you consider any man a friend whom you do not trust as you trust yourself, you are mightily mistaken and you do not sufficiently understand what true friendship means.”
― Letters from a Stoic: Volume I
― Letters from a Stoic: Volume I
“According to his opinion, man should only believe what he can grasp with his intellectual faculties, or perceive by his senses, or what he can accept on trustworthy authority. Beyond this nothing should be believed.”
― Guide for the Perplexed - Enhanced Version
― Guide for the Perplexed - Enhanced Version
“goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love [emphasis added].”
― Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies
― Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies
“They find detachment from the old selfish nature too difficult, painful, and burdensome, so they neglect to perform the actions that would maintain and deepen relationships of love. They harden their hearts toward any change that requires sacrifice or surrender on their part.”
― Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies
― Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies
“If you wish to be rich, you should know that it is neither a good thing nor at all in your power: but if you wish to be happy, you should know that it is both a good thing and in your power, for the one is a temporary loan of fortune, and happiness comes from the will.”
― Enchiridion
― Enchiridion
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