'Tell me what to do!' What would I tell you? It would be better to say 'Make my mind adaptable to any circumstance. - Epictetus
'Tell me what to do!' What would I tell you? It would be better to say 'Make my mind adaptable to any circumstance.
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Epictetus
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
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Sickness is an impediment to the body but not to the will unless the will wants to be impeded. Lameness is an impediment to the leg, but not to will. If you tell yourself this every time, you will find the impediment is to something else but not to yourself.
It is a measure of the effort we are prepared to expend to guard against deception when accuracy is at a premium.
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