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Up to Us, or Not

The Handbook of Epictetus, written down about 1,900 years ago, opens by sorting life in two: what is up to us, like our judgements and desires, and what is not.

Source: The Stoics’ ‘up to us’
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  1. Epictetus. (1983). Handbook of Epictetus (N. P. White, Trans.). Hackett. (Original work compiled ca. 125 CE)

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Up to Us, or Not

The Handbook of Epictetus, written down about 1,900 years ago, opens by sorting life in two: what is up to us, like our judgements and desires, and what is not.

Source: The Stoics’ ‘up to us’ · Guiding wisdom

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