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Epictetus · c. 50 – c. 135 CE

Fragments 123 — Epictetus

Translation by George Long (1877)

Epictetus, Fragments 123

As to the sick physicians are as saviours, so to those also who are wronged are the laws.
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Doctors are saviours to the sick, and in the same way laws are a refuge for people who have been wronged.

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  • Justice and fairness
  • Community and our duty to others
  • Being treated unfairly

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