Let others behave as they will — that is not within your co… - Epictetus

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Let others behave as they will — that is not within your control anyway, and thus it’s of no concern to you. Understand that nature as a whole is ordered according to reason, but that not everything in nature is reasonable.

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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But if you try to avoid what you cannot control — sickness, poverty, death — you will inflict useless mental suffering upon yourself.

And when you ask your employee to do something, remember that she may not do as you wish. But giving her the power to upset you does no good for either of you.

هكذا تُقَيَّم الأشياء وتُوزَن عندما نكون مجهَّزين بالمعايير. وهذا هو التفلسف؛ أن تفحص القواعد وتتحقق منها، وأن تستخدم القواعد عندما تعثر عليها. تلك هي مهمة الرجل الحكيم والرجل الخيِّر.

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