230626 What I learned in my studies this morning 3

It's taken five days,

This part's remaining pages.

So many demands.

Thoughts:

Dye your soul in the colors of dead sages. The Oracle's message to Zeno.... 

Who have I chosen as my dead sages (so far)? Seneca / Epictetus / Marcus. Epicurus. Carneades / Hume. Bastiat / Sowell / Mises.

And what have their thoughts wrought upon my soul?

— Excellence of character as my goal.

— Psychological ways of dealing with the world "as it is" (being restricted to probabilistic statements a la the Skeptics).

— A commitment to the individual as the smallest minority which must be protected.

— And assumption of freedom to any peaceful, non-encroaching activity.

— An automatic presumption against any desire I may ever entertain which entails my having non-consensual authority over another.

— A categorical denial of non-consensual authority. (This may be broken in edge / extreme cases, but in doing so, I would necessarily assume all responsibility and agree to whatever punishment my assumption of the power to coerce entailed, up to and including banishment or death. I.E. The choice to violate the will of another can only be made consciously, with the full understanding and acceptance of the possible consequences.)

Today's Meditation:

Today's Meditation II:

Today's Meditation III: