Friday, June 7, 2024

On Body Ill and Mental Ill

 On Body Ill and Mental Ill

Six Pack Stoic

Epictetus

Pg.92



Say you don't feel well

And go to the Doctor

Doctor says - “friend, you are thinking there is nothing wrong

With you, but you have fever” 

Eat nothing today 

And drink only water

The patient does not feel it as

What an insufferable insult! 


On the other hand I say to a man

“Your desires are inflamed

Your instincts of rejection wak and low

Aims inconsistent

Impulses not in harmony with nature

Opinions rash and false”


You instantly turn away in a wrath

When I diagnose you with above


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