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Let your will to avoid have no concern with what is not in man's power; direct it only to things in man's power that are contrary to nature. - Epictetus
" "Let your will to avoid have no concern with what is not in man's power; direct it only to things in man's power that are contrary to nature.
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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
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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[Epictetus] believes that God gave man the means to fulfill all his obligations; that these means are within his power, that happiness is attained through what we are capable of, this being the reason God gave them to us. Our mind cannot be forced to believe what is false, nor our will compelled to love something that makes it unhappy. These two powers are therefore free, and it is through them that we can become perfect.
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