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<\/a>Don\u2019t be dissatisfied, disappointed, or disgusted when you fail to\u00a0live up to your principles. Fairly close is not bad. Now, get back to your philosophy, not as if philosophy is work, but as if it is a poultice for a sore eye. In that way you will be obeying reason and resting in it. <\/span><\/p>\nRemember this: <\/span><\/h4>\nPhilosophy requires only what your own nature requires. Don\u2019t be looking for something else. You might be saying, No, wait\u2014philosophy is no fun! That\u2019s how short-term thinking deceives us. Think about it: isn\u2019t magnanimity, freedom, simplicity, equanimity, and piety preferable to momentary pleasure? After all, when you think about the benefits of understanding and knowledge, isn\u2019t is clear that wisdom is the way to go?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After all, when you think about the benefits of understanding and knowledge, isn\u2019t is clear that wisdom is the way to go?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1440,"featured_media":579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[443,827],"class_list":["post-3186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-stoicism","tag-wisdom"],"yoast_head":"\n
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