"Some people with exceptional minds quickly grasp virtue, or produce it within themselves. But other dim and lazy types, hindered by bad habits, must have their rusty souls constantly scrubbed down.... The weaker sorts will be helped and lifted from their bad opinions if we put them in the care of philosophy's principles." -SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 95.36-37
(“뛰어난 정신을 가진 어떤 사람들은 미덕을 빨리 이해하거나 자신 안에서 미덕을 만들어냅니다. 그러나 나쁜 습관으로 방해받는 다른 어둡고 게으른 유형은 녹슨 영혼을 끊임없이 닦아내야 합니다..... 약한 부류는 철학의 원칙에 맡기면 도움을 받고 나쁜 생각에서 벗어날 수 있을 것이다.” -세네카, 도덕서, 95.36-37)
Stoicism is not an evangelical religion. You're not obligated to save anyone-there's no risk of hell if a soul remains in ignorance of the teachings of Epictetus or Marcus Aurelius.
But now that you've learned and studied a better path, you can be of service to others. You can share your wisdom or insight with a friend or stranger-remembering that behavior is always a better ...
