On Choosing Our Teachers: Stoic Principles for Self-Improvement
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Rating | : | 4.41 (929 Votes) |
Asin | : | B071GVPQMZ |
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Number of Pages | : | 153 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-06-19 |
Language | : | English |
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None of our wishes is free, none is unqualified, none is lasting. "But it is the fool," you say, "who is inconsistent; nothing suits him for long." But how or when can we tear ourselves away from this folly? No man by himself has sufficient strength to rise above it; he needs a helping hand, and someone to extricate him.. What is this force, Lucilius, that drags us in one direction when we are aiming in another, urging us on to the exact place from which we long to withdraw? What is it that wrestles with our spirit, and does not allow us to desire anything once for all? We veer from plan to plan