220128 What I learned in my studies this morning 2

Fitful nights vex. 

Improper formats bother. 

So what? Move on. Go. 

Daily Stoic:

I would that I could control my desires and aversions that I may want only what is right and avoid all that is wrong. 

I would that I could act rightly that I may avoid those actions which cause unnecessary harm, divorce me from the cosmopolis, or imperil my character. 

I would that I could practice my assent that I may be free of deception and error in my understanding of the world.

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I need to complete and restart my reading of Farnsworth's Rhetoric. Then his book on the Socratic Method. Then his book on legal arguments. Then reread The Practicing Stoic. Then.... 

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I have work to do. After a fourth restless night in a row, I don't feel like doing it. Discouraged and meh, I just want to shirk my duties, skip lunch with a friend, and ignore family and friends until I get something, anything like a several good, consecutive hours of sleep. 

But I cannot. And I will not. And it sucks but so what? I am not a beast to do only what suits my body's urges. 

Today's Meditation:

David Hume, The Epicureans

Daily Shakespeare:

The Merchant of Venice, Act 3 Scene 1

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