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People are disturbed not by events but by their opinions about them
Drawn from what Epictetus said
What Epictetus actually said
- Epictetus Greek Stoic philosopher (born in the 50s CE
Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things; for example, death is nothing terrible, for if it were it would have seemed so to Socrates; for the opinion about death that it is terrible, is the terrible thing.
Where this was said
↗Encheiridion of Epictetus, as recorded by Arrian (tr. George Long, 1877)gutenberg.org
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