If you didn’t learn these things in order to demonstrate th… - Epictetus

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If you didn’t learn these things in order to demonstrate them in practice, what did you learn them for?

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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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Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.

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If you didn’t learn these things in order to demonstrate them in practice, what did you learn them for? - Epictetus

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