Day 51 · Q1: Self-Knowledge · February 20, 2026
Pause. Breathe. Begin.
I . L E C T I O
Plato
Gorgias, 469b
“It is better to suffer injustice than to commit it.”
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C O N T E X T
Socrates makes this shocking claim in debate with Polus. It remains one of the most counterintuitive and challenging ethical positions ever stated — and perhaps the most important.
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I I . M E D I T A T I O
“Have you ever chosen to suffer wrong rather than do wrong — and what did it cost you?”
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I I I . S C R I P T I O
Write one sentence about a moral line you will not cross, regardless of consequences.
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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.