22/12/18

Enchiridion - Epictetus

Um livrinho de bons conselhos impraticáveis. Uma boa preparação para o Natal.

THERE are things which are within our power, and there are things which are beyond our power.
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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. Remember then, that, if you attribute freedom to things by nature dependent, and take what belongs to others for your own; you will be hindered, you will lament, you will be disturbed, you will find fault both with Gods and men.
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(...) he keeps watch over himself as over an enemy and one in ambush.

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