These people didn't act right when they were present at the festival. They didn't fill their proper place. Instead, they complained. They found fault with God, with fortune, with their companions. They didn't see what they had or their own powers — powers they received for the opposite purpose. Powers of courage, generosity, strength, and freedom — which is what we're discussing now.
Why did I receive these powers? To use them. How long do I get to keep them? As long as the one who lent them decides. What if I need them? Don't get attached to them and you won't need them. Don't tell yourself they're necessary, and then they won't be necessary.
panaeguris]) for they did not when they were present behave as they ought to do at a festival nor fill up their place properly, but they lamented, found fault with the deity, fortune, their companions; not seeing both what they had, and their own powers, which they received for contrary purposes, the powers of magnanimity, of a generous mind, manly spirit, and what we are now inquiring about, freedom. For what purpose then have I received these things? To use them. How long? So long as he who has lent them chooses. What if they are necessary to me? Do not attach yourself to them and they will not be necessary; do not say to yourself that they are necessary, and then they are not necessary.