Epictetus, Discourses, Book I, ch. xiv, trans. Thomas Wentworth Higginson in The Works of Epictetus, Vol. I (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1890), p. 54
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When you have shut your doors, and darkened your room, remember never to say that you are alone; for you are not alone, but God is within, and your genius is within; and what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
— Epictetus on Solitude
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "When you have shut your doors, and darkened your room, remember never to say that you are alone; for you are not alone, but God is within, and your genius is within; and what need have they of light to see what you are doing?" in the context of "Epictetus, Discourses, Book I, ch. xiv, trans. Thomas Wentworth Higginson in The Works of Epictetus, Vol. I (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1890), p. 54" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Epictetus
Epictetus (c. 55 – c. 135 AD), born a slave, was a Greek Stoic philosopher. His words were recorded by his student Arrian in the Discourses and Enchiridion written in the early 2nd-century.
About Epictetus
Epictetus (c. 55 – c. 135 AD), born a slave, was a Greek Stoic philosopher. His words were recorded by his student Arrian in the Discourses and Enchiridion written in the early 2nd-century.
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