"Men, the philosopher's lecture-hall is a hospital-you shouldn't walk out of it feeling pleasure, but pain, for you aren't well when you enter it."-EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.23.30
("여러분, 철학자의 강의실은 병원입니다. 여러분이 그곳을 나설 때 쾌감을 느끼는 것이 아니라, 고통을 느껴야 합니다. 왜냐하면 여러분은 그곳에 들어올 때 이미 건강하지 않기 때문입니다." - 에픽테토스, 《담화집》, 3.23.30)
Have you ever been to physical therapy or rehab? No matter what the name implies or how many people you see lying about, getting massages, it's not a fun place to be. It turns out that healing hurts. The trained experts know exactly where to exert pressure and what to subject to stress so that they can strengthen where the patient is weak and help stimulate the areas that have atrophied.
Stoic philosophy is a lot like that. Some observations or exercises will touch one of your pressure points. It's nothing personal. It's supposed to hurt. That's how you'll ...
