# LXXII explained — Short Works

> Chapter companion for Short Works by Epictetus.

## What happens

The chapter emphasizes the necessity of daily repetition and application of philosophical principles to truly internalize and live by them.

## Themes in this chapter

### Practical Ethics and Self-Discipline

The chapter focuses entirely on the daily practice and application of principles as the path to genuine philosophical understanding.

## Character check-ins

### Epictetus

The author delivering the core instruction on the discipline required for philosophical conviction.

## Key lines

> A man ought to know that it is not easy for him to have an opinion (or fixed principle), if he does not daily say the same things, and hear the same things, and at the same time apply them to life.

True conviction in a principle requires the daily discipline of repeating, hearing, and actively applying it.

_Highlights the active, repetitive work needed to move theory into lived virtue._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/epictetus_short_works_se/chapters/lxxii
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- All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/epictetus_short_works_se/chapters