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On the Elegance of Reason

Reason > Ignorance

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Richard L. Johnson
May 26, 2025
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The Logos acts not only in the stars and the winds, but also in our judgments. — Epictetus, Discourses 1.14

When a man comes to understand that the world is governed by Reason, he ceases to be a slave to fortune. He sees that what appears to be chance is not chance at all, but the unfolding of a design far wiser than his own.

The ignorant man, seeing only…

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