This lecture discusses the Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses, and focuses on his discussion(s) of a false sort of resoluteness - stubbornness or obstinacy. This is not a productive attitude or comportment, according to Epictetus and Stoic philosophy.

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