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Be Yourself, Not an Octopus
- Don't change your colors to suit your environment like an octopus, says Plutarch.
- It's exhausting and ultimately undermines true friendship.
Friendship's True Colors
- Mimicking others superficially is unsustainable and can reveal a lack of genuine character.
- True friendship values trustworthiness and consistent character over fleeting similarities.
The Protean Man
- Proteus, the shape-shifting god, was initially seen as an ideal for public speakers, able to adapt to any audience.
- Plutarch critiques this, portraying the "protean man" as lacking a core identity, constantly changing to fit in.