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~Epictetus
Better to leave them well-instructed and rich, surely?
you can trade money for goodness of instruction by e.g. hiring tutors
Only if you are wise enough to know that, and wise enough to tell a good tutor from a poor one
Yeah, at some point you have to be wise enough to listen to Epictetus, too. Maybe you could get him to recommend you a tutor.
Reminds me of Sartre's talk of despair and abandonment. In the end there is no way to avoid taking responsibility for our actions. Oh well!
This is rather self-serving: the Stoics in general were renowned (and well-paid) teachers. (More practically, I've seen some articles suggesting that, in the US, the cost of some majors now outweighs the monetary benefits. The cost of education should at least be considered.)