Friday 17 July 2015

Epictetus - 4

From: The Golden Sayings of Epictetus (translated by Hastings Crossley) - from Project Gutenberg.

XLVII
In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person: in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate the man who has convinced them. Whereas Socrates used to say that we should never lead a life not subjected to examination.