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If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?

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Epictetus
Philosopher
Epictetus of Hierapolis
Within
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Still
Troubled
Nothing
Beside
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