This episode explores character through two Stoic questions: can you be trusted, and can you act with dignity regardless of your position?
Epictetus argues that every dishonest act damages the person we are trying to become, while Epaminondas shows that dignity comes from how we perform a role, not from the status attached to it.
The Stoic lesson is to judge ourselves less by what we are given and more by how reliably, justly, and honorably we use it.
If you’d like to practice these principles, this Micro Morning Meditation will be helpful:
☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: You Can Give Dignity to Any Office
https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-you-can-1db
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