If we see something too much we will get used to it, “let death and exile and everything that is terrible appear before your eyes every day, especially death; and you will never have anything contemptible in your thoughts or crave anything excessively” (sec21) okay sure, I will have a brain wash dr. Epictetus. It will make my life easier I bet.
I was talking to a friend the other day about war, why is it that a soldier gets mental illness after war. First of all like dr. Epictetus said if you see something excessively then you will get used to it, and then become insensible. In sec 11 Epictetus mentions that we should be insensible to reach glory, now we learn how to. I have to ask if Epictetus wants me to kill someone every day to get to glory? No wonder soldiers are screwed up they have no feelings left, they stopped being humans for god’s sake. “so the idea of preventing war on earth is stupid” (sgh5 pg 117) so losing our humanity is inevitable, then soldiers should reach glory but guess what, is not working. We should not follow Epictetus because as far as I have seen, war soldiers without feelings reach as far as a mental hospital and doomed lives. So what can you say about that Epictetus.
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