Member-only story
Do you think wild animals feel guilt? How about domesticated pets?
“And there is a story about Pyrrho that once when he was endangered by a storm at sea, he pointed to a piglet which was happily tucking into some barley that had been spilled, and told his companions that anyone who did not want to be disturbed by events should use the rational mind and philosophy to develop a similar detachment.” Plutarch ‘On Being Aware of Moral Progress’
2 min readMar 31, 2022
* “And there is a story about Pyrrho that once when he was endangered by a storm at sea, he pointed to a piglet which was happily tucking into some barley that had been spilled, and told his companions that anyone who did not want to be disturbed by events should use the rational mind and philosophy to develop a similar detachment.” Plutarch ‘On Being Aware of Moral…
