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Epictetus.

“Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.”

Epictetus (c. 50 – c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. Born into slavery at Hierapolis in Phrygia, he later taught in Rome and then in Nicopolis, Greece. His pupil Arrian wrote down his teaching as the Discourses and the Enchiridion.

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Hierapolis, Phrygia
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c. 50 – c. 135 AD
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Hierapolis, Phrygia (now Turkey)
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