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Don’t get carried away with pleasures…March 5, 2026
This post was originally published on my Substack newsletter. When you get an external impression of some pleasure, guard yourself, as with impressions in general, against being carried away by it; nay, let the matter wait upon your leisure, and give yourself a little delay. Next think of the two periods of time, first, that… Read more: Don’t get carried away with pleasures…
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Miscellaneous Sayings 2February 5, 2026
This post was originally published on my Substack newsletter. More sayings from the same passage in Epictetus’ Handbook. I’ll comment on each in turn. If someone brings you word that So-and-so is speaking ill of you, do not defend yourself against what has been said, but answer, “Yes, indeed, for he did not know the… Read more: Miscellaneous Sayings 2

Don’t get carried away with pleasures...
March 5, 2026
Donald's Commentary on The Handbook of Epictetus #34
We can be Weirdos: How To Think Like Socrates
February 19, 2026
Listen to my conversation with Dan Schreiber
Stoicism and the Tin-Can Monster
February 17, 2026
How to take your problems apart like you're disassembling a tin-can monster
Interview: How to Think Like Socrates
February 10, 2026
Listen to my conversation about Socrates and Modern Self-Help
Miscellaneous Sayings 2
February 5, 2026
Donald's Commentary on The Handbook of Epictetus #33b

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