Things and Views · Epictetus

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things.

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People are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them.

Epictetus, a Stoic teacher and former slave, separates events from judgments in chapter V of the Enchiridion.

Is what bothers you today the event itself, or your explanation of it?

George Long 英译，公版。

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