p ain ting ▁and ▁supposed ▁them ▁to ▁res emble ▁the ▁impress ions ▁experienced ▁in ▁sleep ▁or ▁mad ness ." ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁" it ▁was ▁better ▁to ▁lack ▁sight ▁than ▁education , ▁because ▁under ▁the ▁first ▁aff lic tion , ▁you ▁fall ▁to ▁the ▁ground , ▁under ▁the ▁latter , ▁deep ▁under ground ," ▁and ▁he ▁also ▁said ▁that ▁" We alth ▁is ▁the ▁vom iting ▁of ▁Fort une ." ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁two ▁books : ▁On ▁Imp uls es , ▁and ▁an ▁Ex h ort ation ▁to ▁Philosoph y , ▁and ▁he ▁also ▁wrote ▁some ▁jest s ▁mixed ▁with ▁serious ▁them es ▁( pres umably ▁related ▁to ▁C yn ic - style ▁sp oud og elo ia ). ▁ ▁In ▁book ▁two ▁of ▁Med itations , ▁Marcus ▁A ure lius ▁writes : ▁ ▁Altern ate ▁translation ▁by ▁George ▁Long : ▁" Section ▁II - 1 5 . ▁Remember ▁that ▁all ▁is ▁but ▁opinion . ▁For ▁what ▁the ▁C yn ic ▁Mon im us ▁said ▁is ▁obvious : ▁and ▁obvious ▁too ▁is ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁what ▁he ▁said , ▁if ▁a ▁man ▁accepts ▁what ▁may ▁be ▁got ▁out ▁of ▁it ▁only ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁true ." ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Category : 4 th - century ▁BC ▁Greek ▁people ▁Category : 4 th - century ▁BC ▁philosoph ers ▁Category : Class ical ▁Greek ▁philosoph ers ▁Category : An cient ▁Sy rac us ans ▁Category : C yn ic ▁philosoph ers ▁Category : P yr rh on ism