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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

"No one is free who is not in control of himself" - Epictetus (?)


Οὐδεὶς ἐλεύθερος ἑαυτοῦ μὴ κρατῶν - Attributed to Epictetus (although this attribution is not certain), this one makes good Stoic sense - "No one is free who is not in control of himself."

In other words, a person who is ruled by his passions is a slave to them.

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