Thus Spoke Epictetus 03/22/05
“Philosophy does not profess to secure for man any external possession. Otherwise it would be undertaking something that lies outside its proper subject-matter. For as wood is the material of the carpenter, bronze that of the sculptor, just so each man’s own life is the subject-matter of the art of living.”
Discourses 1.15.2 [Oldfather Trans.]
Thus Spoke Epictetus
Compiled and edited by Richard H. Lewis.
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[translations of the Enchiridion on hiatus for the time being. it's that time of the year.]