Amazing quote from Epictetus:
“That is why we shall call free only those animals which do not submit to captivity, but escape by dying as soon as they are captured.”
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Have you heard the parable of the wolf and the dog?
Didn’t we already talk about this?
prolly. That’s what I was wondering.
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. Janis Joplin.
I don’t remember it. What about the wolf and dog Ted? And don’t be brief.
Ok Julia,
here goes.
A wolf met a dog in the woods. The wolf noticed the dog was well fed. he asked the dog about and the dog said his master gives him all the table scraps he wants, just for guarding the house.
The wolf was quite thin and never knew where his next meal would come from.
The wolf said, “hey, maybe the master would let me come and be a dog.”
The dog said “Sure, come with me.”
As they were walking the wolf noticed a mark where the fur was rubbed off around the dogs neck. he asked the dog what it was.
The dog said “oh that is where my master fastens the chain around my neck.”
The wolf said “you mean you are not free to come and go as you please?”
The dog said “No, but what difference does that make?”
The wolf said “That makes all the difference.” and trotted off into the woods.
As they were w
Btw
Hi Scott!
I hadn’t heard that one. It reminds me of the tale of the town mouse and the country mouse.
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