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If a person gave your body to any stranger he met on his way, you would certainly be angry. And do you feel no shame in handing over your own mind to be confused and mystified by anyone who happens to verbally attack you? (28) [tr. Elizabeth Carter]

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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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Be satisfied then in everything with being a philosopher; and if you wish to seem also to any person to be a philosopher, appear so to yourself, and you will be able to do this.

The philosopher’s lecture hall is a hospital. You shouldn’t walk out of it feeling pleasure, but pain, for you weren’t well when you entered.

مَن يُرِدْ أن يكون حُرًّا إذن فليكفَّ عن أن يرغب في أي شيءٍ أو يتجنب أي شيء في قدرة غيره، وإلا فإنه يكون لا محالة عبدا.
كل من جعل سعادته وهنائه في يد غيره أو في يد الظروف والأشياء الخارجية فهو عبدٌ ولو كان يرتدي الأرجوان الملَكي.

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