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October 27, 2023

Superior state of mind…

For what else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to the gods?*

--Epictetus (55-135 AD), The Discourses, Book I, 101 AD

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*Epictetus used gods, Zeus and God interchangeably.

Posted by JD Hull at October 27, 2023 11:59 PM

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