Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Epictetus: "It is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows"

There is a difference between knowing something and just feeling like you already know it. Epictetus built a whole piece of advice around that gap. As one modern translation of his Discourses (2.17.1) puts it, “Throw out your conceited opinions, for ... [4980 chars]