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Sunday, October 22nd, 2023

What is “honourable” in Stoicism?

Practicing Stoicism || A. A. LONG

Someone who tries their best to rescue a person from drowning, but fails, does what was honourable, and the goodness of the action consists entirely in that goodness of effort and intention, and would not be increased by success.