Cicero gives an example of people suddenly setting grief aside because they are absorbed in an urgent task. He infers that, therefore, grief is a matter of opinion, not of nature.
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693. Living by reason, not by imitation of others
692. What is happiness anyway?
691. Do not wish for impossible things
690. Do not wait for Plato's Republic
689. Either god or randomness
688. Do not concern yourself with other people's opinions
687. Negative and positive actions on behalf of the cosmopolis
686. Everything changes
685. The importance of our ruling faculty
684. Objective situations and subjective judgments
683. Apply reason to social improvement
682. Teach them or bear with them
681. When peope do wrong they hurt themselves first
680. Pain, pleasure, and injustice
679. The nature of injustice
678. Setting up again what chance has overthrown
677. Help, instead of pity, others
676. The ideal ruler
675. Stoicism in the service of all
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