Stoics compare those who commit wrongs or mistakes, or who otherwise have bad judgment, to people with diminished physical capacities. We tend to be forgiving of such impairments; why shouldn’t we have the same attitude toward those who insult us, or otherwise do wrong, because their understandings are defective? Mistakes are nothing to get angry about. What, now, should we be angry with those whose footsteps falter in the dark? With the deaf, when they don’t listen to orders? With children, because – neglecting a proper attention to their duties – they watch the games and silly jokes of their
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