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Book 7

           Whenyou’rebotheredbythingslikethat,remindyourself:"I’mgivingintopain."

           65.Takecarethatyoudon’ttreatinhumanityasittreatshumanbeings.

           66.HowdoweknowthatTelaugeswasn’tabettermanthanSocrates?

           It’snotenoughtoaskwhetherSocrates’deathwasnobler,whetherhedebatedwiththesophistsmoreadeptly,whetherheshowedgreaterendurancebyspendingthenightoutinthecold,andwhenhewasorderedtoarrestthemanfromSalamisdecideditwaspreferabletorefuse,and"swaggeredaboutthestreets"(whichonecouldreasonablydoubt).

           Whatmattersiswhatkindofsoulhehad.

           Whetherhewassatisfiedtotreatmenwithjusticeandthegodswithreverenceanddidn’tlosehistemperunpredictablyatevildonebyothers,didn’tmakehimselftheslaveofotherpeople’signorance,didn’ttreatanythingthatnaturedidasabnormal,orputupwithitasanunbearableimposition,didn’tputhismindinhisbody’skeeping.

           67.Naturedidnotblendthingssoinextricablythatyoucan’tdrawyourownboundariesplaceyourownwell-beinginyourownhands.It’squitepossibletobeagoodmanwithoutanyonerealizingit.Rememberthat.

           Andthistoo:youdon’tneedmuchtolivehappily.Andjustbecauseyou’veabandonedyourhopesofbecomingagreatthinkerorscientist,don’tgiveuponattainingfreedom,achievinghumility,servingothers,obeyingGod.

           68.

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