{"ops":[{"insert":"Who are you? In the first place, a human being, which is to say, a being possessed of no greater faculty than free choice, with all your other faculties subordinate to it, choice itself being unconfined and independent. Next, consider the gift of reason; it sets you apart from wild animals; it sets you apart from sheep. By virtue of these two faculties you are a member of the universe with full citizen rights; you were born not to serve but to govern, because you understand the divine order and its pattern. \n\nEpictetus; Discourses and Selected Writings. Book II. 10. Social roles as a guide to conduct. \n\n\n"}]}