“If a man would pursue Philosophy, his first task is to throw away conceit. For it is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he has a conceit that he already knows.”
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Golden Sayings of Epictetus
Variant: It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
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