Plain
Epictetus — The Slave

If someone handed your body over to a random stranger, you'd be furious. So why aren't you ashamed when you hand your mind over to anyone who insults you, letting them mess with your head and confuse you?

The Enchiridion, Section 28 34 of 70
Knowing Yourself Freedom & Control
Epictetus — The Slave Original

If a person had delivered up your body to some passer-by, you would certainly be angry. And do you feel no shame in delivering up your own mind to any reviler, to be disconcerted and confounded?

The Enchiridion, Section 28 34 of 70
Epictetus — The Slave

A target isn't set up so you can miss it. In the same way, evil doesn't exist in the world by nature.

The Enchiridion, Section 27 33 of 70
Doing The Right Thing
Epictetus — The Slave Original

As a mark[1] is not set up for the sake of missing the aim, so neither does the nature of evil exist in the world.

The Enchiridion, Section 27 33 of 70
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