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

β€” Epictetus

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This is a Stoic account of judgment, not a denial of the reality of suffering or injustice.

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Source: The Enchiridion , Section V

Edition: Thomas Wentworth Higginson translation Β· Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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