REST. — If a man should be able to assent to this doctrine … - Epictetus

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REST. — If a man should be able to assent to this doctrine as he ought, that we are all sprung from God in an especial manner, and that God is the father both of men and of gods, I suppose that he would never have any ignoble or mean thoughts about himself. But if Cæsar (the emperor) should adopt you, no one could endure your arrogance; and if you know that you are the son of Zeus, will you not be elated?

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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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Put up with being laughed at on occasion; look around you, and give yourself a good shaking to find out who you really are.

لا تقل «فقدتّة» ... قل «رددثه».
فهل يُهِمُك بوساطة من استردٌ منك الواهبٌ ما أعطى؟!

Be free from grief not through insensibility like the irrational animals, nor through want of thought like the foolish, but like a man of virtue by having reason as the consolation of grief.

REST. — If a man should be able to assent to this doctrine as he ought, that we are all sprung from God in an especial manner, and that God is the fa… - Epictetus

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