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Musonius Rufus

Musonius Rufus

Stoic Philosopher
30 — 101

The Roman Socrates. Teacher of Epictetus and one of the four great Stoic philosophers of Rome. Exiled three times, he proved that philosophy is not theory but a prescription for daily living.

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Highlights

Selected wisdom from 9 entries

“If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures.”
“You will deserve respect from everyone if you will start by respecting yourself.”
“If pleasure is how we should measure how attractive things are, then nothing should attract us more than self-control; and if pain is how we should measure what we should avoid, then nothing should be more painful than a lack of self-control.”
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