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The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments

Book by Epictetus · 7 quotes · Men, Evil, Ifs

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The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments Quotes

“If what the philosophers say be true, that all men's actions proceed from one source; that as they assent from a persuasion that a thing is so, and dissent from a persuasion that it is not, and suspend their judgment from a persuasion that it is uncertain, so likewise they seek a thing from a persuasion that it is for their advantage.”

“Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.”