Fragment 26 (Oldfather translation). This fragment originates from Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, IV. 41.
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You are a little soul carrying a corpse around, as Epictetus used to say.
— Epictetus
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Source: Wikiquote: "Epictetus" (Quotes, Fragments: Other Roman writings contain quotes and passages purporting to come from Epictetus. Among the Fragments, twenty-nine are considered genuine and another eight are considered doubtful. (There are also some Roman anthologies of quotes dating from around the 6th-century which list over one-hundred Epictetus 'quotations'. These later fragments appear in 18th and 19th century translations of Epictetus, but are now rejected by modern scholarship.), Genuine fragments)
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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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