Quote
βThere are things which are within our power, and there are things which are beyond our power.
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What does this quotation mean?
Higginson's translation opens with the Stoic distinction between our own choices and external circumstances.
Sources and attribution
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Source: The Enchiridion , Section I
Edition: Thomas Wentworth Higginson translation Β· Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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