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Stoics would recommend, for example, that I concern myself with whether my wife loves me, even though this is something over which I have some but not complete control. But when I do concern myself with this, my goal should not be the external goal of making her love me; no matter how hard I try, I could fail to achieve this goal and would as a result be quite upset. Instead, my goal should be an internal goal: to behave, to the best of my ability, in a lovable manner. Similarly, my goal with respect to my boss should be to do my job to the best of my ability.
A Guide to the Good Life
William Braxton Irvine
The problem came when I wanted to apply these facts to the real world. That's when I realized that facts about the mathematical world are very difficult to apply to solve problems in the real world.
Why read Dostoevsky?
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So in summary, to be sure of something you need to verify
for yourself whether or not there is a logical chain of argu-
ments that leads to a particular result. You must learn to
recognize when you jump too quickly to a certain conclu-
sion. And you must also be able to recognize when others
do this.
Teach Yourself Physics - A Travel Companion
Jakob Schwichtenberg
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