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You won't believe this, but I sat next to Maajid Nawaz for the 2 years I was in sixth form college. Then he became a terrorist; then he went to an Egyptian prison; then he was released thanks to Amnesty International. Now he works for the BBC and the Financial Times.

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I'm definitely buying an Android next time, or maybe even a graphene degoogled phone. I like the video camera on the Apple, as I constantly make videos for work, but I hate everything else about the company and the phone. Which Android phones have a good video camera?

I'm glad you like the quote, Hallo. If you are interested in reading the whole story (Ward Number 6), you can find it here. It's a short story (30-40 pages), and it has a great ending.

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The Stoics are wonderful to read - I particularly love Epictetus, as I find his arguments more compelling than say Seneca or Marcus Aurelius. Nonetheless, the best argument AGAINST Stoicism that I have ever read can be found in Anton Chekhov's 'Ward Number 6'. I think all Stoic fans should read this book, as it always does you good to hear the opposing argument. In this book, Ivan Dmitritch Gromov points out that the perfect Stoic, the man who never flinches in spite of the sufferings of this world, would be the catatonic mental patient, as he is the only one who never reacts to the world. Have a look at this conversation between the doctor (Andrey Yefimitch), who argues Ivan should be more Stoic, and his patient, Ivan:

"There is no real difference between a warm, snug study and this ward," said Andrey Yefimitch. "A man's peace and contentment do not lie outside a man, but in himself."

"What do you mean?" (Ivan)

"The ordinary man looks for good and evil in external things--that is, in carriages, in studies--but a thinking man looks for it in himself." (Andrey)

"You should go and preach that philosophy in Greece, where it's warm and fragrant with the scent of pomegranates, but here it is not suited to the climate. With whom was it I was talking of Diogenes? Was it with you?" (Ivan)

"Yes, with me yesterday." (A)

"Diogenes did not need a study or a warm habitation; it's hot there without. You can lie in your tub and eat oranges and olives. But bring him to Russia to live: he'd be begging to be let indoors in May, let alone December. He'd be doubled up with the cold." (I)

"No. One can be insensible to cold as to every other pain. Marcus Aurelius says: 'A pain is a vivid idea of pain; make an effort of will to change that idea, dismiss it, cease to complain, and the pain will disappear.' That is true. The wise man, or simply the reflecting, thoughtful man, is distinguished precisely by his contempt for suffering; he is always contented and surprised at nothing." (A)

"Then I am an idiot, since I suffer and am discontented and surprised at the baseness of mankind." (I)

"You are wrong in that; if you will reflect more on the subject you will understand how insignificant is all that external world that agitates us. One must strive for the comprehension of life, and in that is true happiness." (A)

"Comprehension . . , " repeated Ivan Dmitritch frowning. "External, internal. . . . Excuse me, but I don t understand it. I only know," he said, getting up and looking angrily at the doctor--"I only know that God has created me of warm blood and nerves, yes, indeed! If organic tissue is capable of life it must react to every stimulus. And I do! To pain I respond with tears and outcries, to baseness with indignation, to filth with loathing. To my mind, that is just what is called life. The lower the organism, the less sensitive it is, and the more feebly it reacts to stimulus; and the higher it is, the more responsively and vigorously it reacts to reality. How is it you don't know that? A doctor, and not know such trifles! To despise suffering, to be always contented, and to be surprised at nothing, one must reach this condition "--and Ivan Dmitritch pointed to the peasant who was a mass of fat--" or to harden oneself by suffering to such a point that one loses all sensibility to it--that is, in other words, to cease to live. You must excuse me, I am not a sage or a philosopher;" Ivan Dmitritch continued with irritation, "and I don't understand anything about it. I am not capable of reasoning." (I)

"On the contrary, your reasoning is excellent." (A)

"The Stoics, whom you are parodying, were remarkable people, but their doctrine crystallized two thousand years ago and has not advanced, and will not advance, an inch forward, since it is not practical or living. It had a success only with the minority which spends its life in savouring all sorts of theories and ruminating over them; the majority did not understand it. A doctrine which advocates indifference to wealth and to the comforts of life, and a contempt for suffering and death, is quite unintelligible to the vast majority of men, since that majority has never known wealth or the comforts of life; and to despise suffering would mean to it despising life itself, since the whole existence of man is made up of the sensations of hunger, cold, injury, and a Hamlet-like dread of death. The whole of life lies in these sensations; one may be oppressed by it, one may hate it, but one cannot despise it. Yes, so,I repeat, the doctrine of the Stoics can never have a future; from the beginning of time up to to-day you see continually increasing the struggle, the sensibility to pain, the capacity of responding to stimulus."

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'Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I'll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.'

Geoffrey Chaucer

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ERGATIVE VERBS

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What music is everyone listening to? #favouritesongs #music

Post your favourites, please

I'm listening to these ones at the moment, but I get bored quickly, so I want to know what you guys recommend. It's the only way to find new artists.

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I sure hope the Euro is next!!!

I'll be honest - I'm an English teacher that has never been very drawn to poetry. I like prose more than anything else. But when I do enjoy poetry, it has to be clear, and to the point, and understood by all, including children. That's why I have always loved William Blake. And while this is certainly not Blake, it always brings tears to my eyes. I love it. So simple, so direct, so clear. What a great finish.

Dust If You Must (Rose Milligan)

Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better

To paint a picture, or write a letter,

Bake a cake, or plant a seed;

Ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must, but there's not much time,

With rivers to swim, and mountains to climb;

Music to hear, and books to read;

Friends to cherish, and life to lead.

Dust if you must, but the world's out there

With the sun in your eyes, and the wind in your hair;

A flutter of snow, a shower of rain,

This day will not come around again.

Dust if you must, but bear in mind,

Old age will come and it's not kind.

And when you go (and go you must)

You, yourself, will make more dust.