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The Enchiridion

Epictetus
A pocket manual of Stoic ethics — what is in your control and what is not.

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The Enchiridion
Epictetus · I
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There are things which are within our power, and there are things which are beyond our power. Within our power are opinion, aim, desire, aversion, and, in one word, whatever affairs are our own. Beyond our power are body, property, reputation, office, and, in…

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