[1] Just as we practise answering sophistic questions, so should we train for impressions every day, [2] as they implicitly pose their own questions. ‘So-and-so’s son died.’ (‘The question’). Answer: ‘Since it’s nothing he can control, it isn’t bad.’ ‘So and so’s father left his son nothing when he died.’ ‘Not something the son can control, so not bad.’ ‘Caesar condemned him.’ ‘Outside his control – not bad.’ [3] ‘He lamented these events.’ ‘That is in his control – and bad.’ ‘He withstood it like a man.’ ‘That is in his control – and good.’ [4] If we make a habit of such analysis, we will
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