this is your business — to act well the given part, but to … - Epictetus

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this is your business — to act well the given part, but to choose it belongs to another.

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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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The task of a philosopher: we should bring our will into harmony with whatever happens, so that nothing happens against our will and nothing that we wish for fails to happen.

If a person had handed over your body to a stranger, you would certainly be angry. So why do you not feel any shame in handing over your own mind to any criticiser, to be unsettled and annoyed.

Immediately prescribe some character and form of conduce to yourself, which you may keep both alone and in company.

this is your business — to act well the given part, but to choose it belongs to another. - Epictetus

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