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(Quote from waterholic) The origin of this is from Martha Nussbaum? (Quote from Cassius) When reading and studying the Epicurean maxims, there are two ways to "listen" to them: 1) as if they were a kind of "ultimatum" and "absolute" (this is an incorrect way in my opinion). -or- 2) something to contemplate and to apply as needed in the manner of a "medicine" or a therapeutic -- for example, "death is nothing to us" is not some kind of "absolute truth" but a way of thinking after applying reason.…