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Chapter 13
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[13.1] εἰ προκόψαι θέλεις, ὑπόμεινον ἕνεκα τῶν ἐκτὸς ἀνόητος δόξας καὶ ἠλίθιος, μηδὲν βούλου δοκεῖν ἐπίστασθαι· κἂν δόξῃς τις εἶναί τισιν, ἀπίστει σεαυτῷ. ἴσθι γὰρ ὅτι οὐ ῥᾴδιον τὴν προαίρεσιν τὴν σεαυτοῦ κατὰ φύσιν ἔχουσαν φυλάξαι καὶ τὰ ἐκτός, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἑτέρου ἐπιμελούμενον τοῦ ἑτέρου ἀμελῆσαι πᾶσα ἀνάγκη.
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[13.1] If you wish to make progress, endure being thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. Do not wish to appear knowledgeable; and even if some people think you are somebody, distrust yourself. For know that it is not easy both to preserve your faculty of choice in accordance with nature and to attend to external things; if you care for one, you are bound to neglect the other.
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[13.1] If you want to make progress, accept being thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. Do not want to appear knowledgeable about anything; and even if some people think you are somebody, distrust yourself. For you should know that it is not easy both to keep your own faculty of choice in accordance with nature and to look after external things. If you attend to one, you are absolutely bound to neglect the other.