It is a measure of the effort we are prepared to expend to guard against deception when accuracy is at a premium. - Epictetus

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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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About 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 Epiktetos

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Be happy when you find that doctrines you have learned and analysed are being tested by real events. If you’ve succeeded in removing or reducing the tendency to be mean and critical, or thoughtless, or foul-mouthed, or careless, or nonchalant; if old interests no longer engage you, at least not to the same extent; then every day can be a feast day – today because you acquitted yourself well in one set of circumstances, tomorrow because of another.

Philosophy’s purpose is to illuminate the ways our soul has been infected by unsound beliefs, untrained tumultuous desires, and dubious life choices and preferences that are unworthy of us. Self-scrutiny applied with kindness is the main antidote.

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ضع نُصْبَ عينيك، في كل حين، الموتَ والمنفى وكلَّ ما يبدو مرعبًا، ولكن اجعل الموتَ أوَّلَها جميعًا. عندئذٍ لن تفكِّر أبدًا في أي شيءٍ دنيء، ولن تتوق إلى أيِّ شيءٍ تَوْقًا زائدًا عن الحد.

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