Day 47 · Q1: Self-Knowledge · February 16, 2026
Pause. Breathe. Begin.
I . L E C T I O
Aristotle
Politics, Book I
“Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.”
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C O N T E X T
Aristotle's Politics (c. 350 BC) argues that human beings can only fully develop within a political community. Isolation is not natural — it is either subhuman or superhuman.
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I I . M E D I T A T I O
“In what ways does your need for community shape who you are?”
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I I I . S C R I P T I O
Write one sentence about what community means to you.
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I V . C O N N E X I O
How does today's reading connect to what you have read before?
This practice exists because of readers like you.
Sustain it →Tomorrow's passage, delivered at dawn.