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Question: Do you agree with Cicero's "Six Mistakes of Man"!?
The six mistakes of man!.
1!. The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others!.
2!. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected!.
3!. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it!.
4!. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences!.
5!. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and studying!.
6!. Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do!.

Do you agree with Cicero's "Six Mistakes of Man"!?
Do you believe that these can be found in today's society!?
Can you find any of the mistakes in yourself!?
Can you give any examples!?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
1!. The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others!.
- It CAN be made that way, so it is not a delusion but a bad choice!.
2!. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected!.
- Yes!.
3!. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it!.
- I hate cognitive gobbledygook!. It's just WORDS!. I know impossible is an unrealistic term!. Cicero and the cognitians think I am stupid!.
4!. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences!.
- One man's trivia is another's raison d'etre!.
5!. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and studying!.
- I have a 20% comprehension rate!. Studying is just not that rewarding!.
6!. Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do!.
- Isn't he doing that with the six mistakes!?

One out of six!.
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haha!. these are excellent!. i've never seen this before

i especially like two and also five!.

and @ happy: he's just pointing out what he thinks are flaws!. he's not telling you how to live your life in any way!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, I can find all of these mistakes in me and I agree with Cicero on all of these points expect one, I don't believe these are mistakes!.
I'm not going to walk up to someone's house and ring their doorbell until they switch religions or politcal parties, but I'm not going to sit and watch one spouse abuse the other (in reference to number 6) no matter if they both think it's right!. Five) I don't think refinement of the mind is something we are going to find reading and studying!. That's for people who can't socialize or need someone else to tell them how to think!. 4) those trivial preferences make us human, 3) isn't a mistake, it's a result of feeling fustrated and indignant and that makes us human 2) if there was a fireball zooming at me, and I could not change the course of that fireball, no matter how many zig-zags I ran in, I'm going to worry about it until it hits me!. 1) it's not a delusion, it's one way of many in getting personal gain!. Www@QuestionHome@Com