"Charitably put, I thought [the Handbook of Epictetus] irrelevant. Nevertheless, I read and remembered almost all of it - if for no other reason than that it was given to me by a man I respected as a human being, a scholar, and a teacher." - James Stockdale, Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot
The teachings of Epictetus ended up helping Stockdale find the inner fortitude to survive 7 years in a prison camp where he experienced physical and psychological torture with his spirit unbroken.
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