Ancient

Epictetus

c. 50–c. 135

Stoic teacher, formerly enslaved

A student wrote down the Discourses. The distinction he will not let go of is simple and severe: some things are up to you, and most things are not. He had learned the second half early.

In the canon

  1. Of things, some are in our power, and others are not.Enchiridion

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