In these sections of Epictetus some very interesting themes are brought up. Section 26 mentions that you should truly empathize with what happens to other people because when it happens to you it is no graver. For example, if the brother of another person passes away you shouldn't be indifferent about it and say that things like that just happen. But when you brother dies now you make it a big deal and say that your world is tearing apart, and in that moment is when you should remember how you felt when it happened to other people.
Section 29 repeats somewhat what has been said in the first sections of Epictetus mentioning that you have to be prepared if you really want to be a philosopher. You have to see what it implies to be a philosopher. You have to act with hardship, be willing to give up sleep and put up with people laughing at you. I think this really gives a good perspective about philosophy because not everything in it is thinking and sharing ideas and everybody accepting them. This relates also with section 29 that mentions "For each action, consider what leads up to it and what follows it, and approach it in the light of that." (Sec. 29). It ties up perfectly to what is said because to analyze what it takes to become a philosopher and you have to see if you have it, and if you have it you have to see If you can put up you what it requires while you're one.
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