Epictetus · Philosophy
Epictetus’s foundational distinction between what is up to us and what is not - the single rule from which his entire philosophy of freedom unfolds.
You learned Epictetus’s rule that freedom comes from caring only about what is up to us. Marcus Aurelius, an emperor, lived the same doctrine from the opposite end of fortune. State how Marcus applied it.
Leads to Marcus Aurelius.
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