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“For he that is angry seems with a kind of grief and close contraction of himself, to turn away from reason; but he that sins through lust, being overcome by pleasure, doth in his very sin bewray a more impotent, and unmanlike disposition” (32).
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Book 1–fantastic!
I’ve gotten the Stoics wrong my entire life. I’ve always heard the Stoics to be emotionless robots, but reading a primary source, that’s inaccurate & unfair. Never’ve read anything so seemingly Christian that’s not, oddly Pauline!
Crazy he said to do away with books (1.1617,) but more in escapism mentality, similar to maybe social media/Netflix today
“Stop thinking, start doing”
— Oct 22, 2026 09:18PM
I’ve gotten the Stoics wrong my entire life. I’ve always heard the Stoics to be emotionless robots, but reading a primary source, that’s inaccurate & unfair. Never’ve read anything so seemingly Christian that’s not, oddly Pauline!
Crazy he said to do away with books (1.1617,) but more in escapism mentality, similar to maybe social media/Netflix today
“Stop thinking, start doing”