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Escape By Death



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.”







9 Reader Responses

  1. Ted Heistman Says:

    Have you heard the parable of the wolf and the dog?

  2. Tim Boucher Says:

    Didn’t we already talk about this?

  3. Ted Heistman Says:

    prolly. That’s what I was wondering.

  4. Rev. Scott Rassbach Says:

    Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. Janis Joplin.

  5. Julia Says:

    I don’t remember it. What about the wolf and dog Ted? And don’t be brief.

  6. Ted Heistman Says:

    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

  7. Ted Heistman Says:

    Btw

    Hi Scott!

  8. speedbird Says:

    I hadn’t heard that one. It reminds me of the tale of the town mouse and the country mouse.

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