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Day 80 · Q1: Self-Knowledge · March 21, 2026
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Pause. Breathe. Begin.
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I . L E C T I O
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Socrates
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Plato, Crito, 46b
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“We should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.”
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C O N T E X T
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Socrates makes this argument while in prison, awaiting execution. His friend Crito urges him to escape; Socrates refuses, arguing that two wrongs never make a right — even when the first wrong is lethal.
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I I . M E D I T A T I O
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“When someone wrongs you, what is your first instinct — retaliation or restraint?”
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Scriptio & Connexio await you there.
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