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Now the things within our power are by nature free, unrestricted, unhindered; but those beyond our power are weak, dependent, restricted, alien.

— Epictetus

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From Section I (Higginson translation) of The Enchiridion. Read the surrounding argument as well as the excerpt; its historical language and philosophical assumptions shape its meaning.

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Source: The Enchiridion , Section I (Higginson translation)

Edition: Thomas Wentworth Higginson translation · Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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