If we don’t also put the right conceptions into practice, we’ll be nothing more than expositors of the opinions of others. Who among us right now is not able to discourse about good and evil, according to all the rules? “That among the things in existence, some are good, some bad, some indifferent; the good then are virtues, and things that participate in virtues; the bad are the opposites; the indifferent are wealth, health, reputation.” Then if there is a loud noise while we are speaking, or if someone there laughs at us, we are thrown off the track. Philosopher, where are those things you
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