Oct 22 2023 10 mins
"There are things that are within our control and others that are not. The opinions, motives, desires and aversions, in a word, everything that is inherent in our actions are under our control. authorities, in a word, everything that is not inherent in our actions is beyond our control." "Thus begins the Enchiridion or Handbook of Life of the famous Greek philosopher Epictetus, for the Stoics.