Reject the False World: Moliere's The Misanthrope

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Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind.
-Epictetus

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I’ve been meaning to read Epictetus. Thanks for the inspiration.

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Yes. My impression of Philinte is that he is a philanthrope and foil to Alceste in a manner evocative of Stoics and Cynics.

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Seymour Rudin has an essay on Rousseau’s criticism of the play. I haven’t come across any Stoic readings of it. Sounds interesting.