And Plutarch used a similar example as an analogy to describe superficial changes of all kinds that don’t help us. Like people at sea who are cowardly and seasick and think that they would get through this voyage more comfortably if they should transfer from their little boat to a ship, and then again from the ship to a man-of-war; but they accomplish nothing by the changes, since they carry their nausea and cowardice along with them; in the same way, changing one’s way of life for its opposite will not relieve the mind of the things that cause it grief and distress. These are ignorance of
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