Day 80 · Q1: Self-Knowledge · March 21, 2026
Pause. Breathe. Begin.
I . L E C T I O
Socrates
Plato, Crito, 46b
“We should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.”
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C O N T E X T
Socrates makes this argument while in prison, awaiting execution. His friend Crito urges him to escape; Socrates refuses, arguing that two wrongs never make a right — even when the first wrong is lethal.
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I I . M E D I T A T I O
“When someone wrongs you, what is your first instinct — retaliation or restraint?”
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I I I . S C R I P T I O
Write one sentence about a wrong you chose not to return.
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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 about self-knowledge?
This practice exists because of readers like you.
Sustain it →Tomorrow's passage, delivered at dawn.