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Epictetus

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Epictetus

Imagination

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Epictetus is asking you to create a clear idea of an ideal person whose behavior you want to copy in every situation, whether others are watching or not. This means you should have a consistent standard for how you act, based on this imagined example.

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