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The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient

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“عَجِبْتُ لِمَنْ قَرَنَ اللُّغَةَ العَرَبِيَّةَ بِالجَرِيمَةِ والأُصُولِيَّة، لَوْ نَطَقَتِ العَرَبِيَّةُ لَتَبَرَّأتْ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ فِي حَقِّ البَشَرِيَّة، وَلَقَالَتِ الذَّنْبُ ذَنْبُ البَشَرِ وأفْكَارِهِمْ وَمَوَاقِفِهِمْ الشَّخْصِيَّة، وَلَدَافَعَتْ دِفَاعاً مُسْتَمِيتاً عَنِ الحَضَارَةِ وَالإنْسَانِيَّة.”

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“Why had they arrested me? 'Because of a word, perhaps, or a silent grimace,' Razziel Paritus suggested, stroking his beard. 'Or for something your parents were supposed to have done or said. In this country denouncing people is a social duty, a moral imperative, a kind of state religion. It's also possible they arrested you for no reason at all. That your only crime is your innocence.”

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“Like all obsessive characters, Merrick was inordinately boring. He was uninterested in books, music, politics, people or, seemingly, even sex. His studied politeness was a mask that must conceal a slow-boiling malevolence. I can't see what he could have responded to in an irrepressible jokesmith like Jimmy Porter. He could squeeze out a frosty smile only when someone like a lovingly hated star collapsed with coronary.”

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