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Epictetus · c. 50 – c. 135 CE

Enchiridion 27 — Epictetus

Translation by George Long (1877)

Epictetus, Enchiridion 27

As a mark is not set up for the purpose of missing the aim, so neither does the nature of evil exist in the world.
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Just as a target is not put up to be missed, the world is not arranged so that evil is its purpose, so what happens to you is not aimed at ruining you.

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“mark”
— a target

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  • Nature and the cosmos
  • Acceptance and fate
  • Virtue and character

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Epictetus, Enchiridion 27, tr. George Long (1877)