For what else is tragedy than the portrayal in tragic verse… - Epictetus

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For what else is tragedy than the portrayal in tragic verse of the sufferings of men who have attached high value to external things? [27]

Epictetus

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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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Here are thieves and robbers and tribunals: and they that are called tyrants, who deem that they have after a fashion power over us, because of the miserable body and what appertains to it. Let us show them that they have power over none.

the Oracle at Delphi — once threw a man out of the temple for abandoning his friend.

When you find your direction, check to make sure that it is the right one.

For what else is tragedy than the portrayal in tragic verse of the sufferings of men who have attached high value to external things? [27] - Epictetus

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