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Each one of these passages is based on the 2000 year old philosophy that has guided some

of history's greatest men and women.

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This is the most dangerous vice.

The pretense of knowledge is our most dangerous vice because it prevents us from getting any better.

It's pretty crazy.

10,000 people have highlighted that sentence in the Kindle edition of ego is the enemy,

almost enough to puff up my ego a little bit, but that's not what this message is about.

Today we're talking about why that resonates.

I think that idea resonates because the Stoics have been riffing on this very idea for thousands of years.

That's why Marcus was thanking people in meditations who pointed out when he was incorrect,

because they were allowing him to get better.

It's sentica reading like a spy quoting the rival philosopher Epicurus more than anyone else.

It's Epicetus's famous line inspired by his hero Socrates that it's impossible to learn

that what you think you already know.

And it's Cato the Elder's great maximum.

Be careful not to rashly refuse to learn from others.

We must always keep our minds open.

We must not be prideful at how far we have come.

They say in physics that as our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of ignorance.

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