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Day 86 · Q1: Self-Knowledge · March 27, 2026
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Pause. Breathe. Begin.
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I . L E C T I O
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Aristotle
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Politics, Book I
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“Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.”
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C O N T E X T
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Aristotle's Politics (c. 350 BC) argues that human beings can only fully develop within a political community. Isolation is not natural — it is either subhuman or superhuman.
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I I . M E D I T A T I O
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“In what ways does your need for community shape who you are?”
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