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A MEDITATION

“ Pain is not an evil.

— Chrysippus

Fragment, in Cicero Tusculan Disputations 2.29

On adversity

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A reflection

Pain is an unpleasant sensation, not a moral statement. The bad thing would be your character breaking under it — that's the real evil the Stoics worry about. The sensation will pass; don't let the response outlast it.

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