Epictetus
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Greek Stoic philosopher (born in the 50s CE, died around 135); once a slave in Rome, he later taught at his own school at Nicopolis; his teaching survives in…
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ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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What is in our power is by nature free; what is not is weak, slavish and in others' power (opens korrents.com)
“And the things in our power are by nature free, not subject to restraint or hindrance; but the things not in our power are weak, slavish, subject to restraint, in the power of others.”
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People are disturbed not by events but by their opinions about them (opens korrents.com)
“Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things; for example, death is nothing terrible, for if it were it would have seemed so to Socrates; for the opinion about death that it is…”
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The uninstructed blame others for their condition, learners blame themselves, and the fully instructed blame no one (opens korrents.com)
“It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to…”
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What is in our power is by nature free; what is not is weak, slavish and in others' power (opens korrents.com)