Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferio… - Epictetus

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Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people’s weakness.

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Epictetus (c. 55 – c. 135 AD), born a slave, was a Greek Stoic philosopher. His words were recorded by his student Arrian in the Discourses and Enchiridion written in the early 2nd-century.

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Native Name: ΕΠΙΚΤΗΤΟΣ

Alternative Names: Epictetus of Hierapolis • Epiktetos

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Make the best use of what is in our power, and treat the rest in accordance with its nature. And what is its nature? However God decides.

So don't make a show of your philosophical learning to the uninitiated, show them by your actions what you have absorbed.

Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.

Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people’s weakness. - Epictetus

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