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| Prologue | |
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| The Spirit of Epictetus | |
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| A Manual for Living | |
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| Invitation to the Manual | |
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| Know What You Can Control and What You Can't | |
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| Stick with Your Own Business | |
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| Recognize Appearances for What They Really Are | |
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| Desire Demands Its Own Attainment | |
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| See Things for What They Are | |
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| Harmonize Your Actions with the Way Life Is | |
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| Events Don't Hurt Us, But Our Views of Them Can | |
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| No Shame, No Blame | |
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| Create Your Own Merit | |
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| Focus on Your Main Duty | |
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| Accept Events As They Occur | |
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| Your Will Is Always Within Your Power | |
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| Make Full Use of What Happens to You | |
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| Care for What You Happen to Have | |
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| The Good Life Is the Life of Inner Serenity | |
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| Disregard What Doesn't Concern You | |
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| Conform Your Wishes to Reality | |
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| Approach Life As a Banquet | |
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| Avoid Adopting Other People's Negative Views | |
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| Act Well the Part that Is Given to You | |
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| Everything Happens for a Good Reason | |
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| Happiness Can Only Be Found Within | |
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| No One Can Hurt You | |
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| Spiritual Progress Is Made Through Confronting Death and Calamity | |
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| Implant in Yourself the Ideals You Ought to Cherish | |
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| The Pursuit of Wisdom Attracts Critics | |
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| Seeking to Please Is a Perilous Trap | |
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| Character Matters More Than Reputation | |
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| All Advantages Have Their Price | |
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| Make the Will of Nature Your Own | |
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| Self-Mastery Is Our True Aim | |
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| Treasure Your Mind, Cherish Your Reason, Hold to Your Purpose | |
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| Consider What Comes First, Then What Follows, and Then Act | |
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| Our Duties Are Revealed by Our Relations with One Another | |
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| The Essence of Faithfulness | |
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| Events Are Impersonal and Indifferent | |
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| Never Suppress a Generous Impulse | |
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| Clearly Define the Person You Want to Be | |
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| Speak Only with Good Purpose | |
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| Avoid Most Popular Entertainment | |
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| Be Careful About the Company You Keep | |
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| Take Care of Your Body | |
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| Avoid Casual Sex | |
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| Don't Defend Your Reputation or Intentions | |
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| Conduct Yourself with Dignity | |
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| Emulate Worthy Role Models | |
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| Exercise Discretion When Conversing | |
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| Prefer Enduring Satisfaction to Immediate Gratification | |
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| Take a Stand | |
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| Courtesy and Logic Each Have Their Place | |
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| Self-Mastery Depends on Self-Honesty | |
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| Safeguard Your Reason | |
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| Observe Proper Proportion and Moderation | |
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| Inner Excellence Matters More Than Outer Appearance | |
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| Care About Your Mind More Than Your Body | |
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| Mistreatment Comes from False Impressions | |
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| Everything Has Two Handles | |
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| Clear Thinking Is Vital | |
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| Call Things by Their Right Names | |
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| Wisdom Is Revealed Through Action, Not Talk | |
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| Live Simply for Your Own Sake | |
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| Wisdom Depends on Vigilance | |
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| Living Wisdom Is More Important Than Knowing About It | |
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| Practicing Principles Matters More Than Proving Them | |
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| Start Living Your Ideals | |
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| Essential Teachings on Virtue, Happiness, and Tranquility | |
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| Why Be Good? | |
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| The Soul's Cry | |
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| The Real Purpose of Philosophy | |
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| The First Step | |
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| The Flourishing Life Depends on Self-Sufficiency | |
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| Starting Out Is Hard | |
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| Good Is Good | |
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| Be Suspicious of Convention | |
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| The Virtuous Are Invincible | |
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| Be a Citizen of the World | |
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| Consider Your Deepest Yearnings Merely as Facts | |
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| The Right Use of Books | |
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| Exercise Caution When Mingling with Others | |
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| Forgive Over and Over and Over | |
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| The Virtuous Are Consistent | |
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| Trust Your Moral Intuitions | |
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| Don't Be Angry at Wrongdoers | |
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| The Only Prosperous Life Is the Virtuous Life | |
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| Pursue the Good Ardently | |
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| What Is Important and What Isn't | |
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| Reason Is Supreme | |
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| Learn to Heal Yourself | |
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| Stay the Course, in Good Weather and Bad | |
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| Be Grateful | |
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| Never Casually Discuss Important Matters | |
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| What Makes Us Truly Happy | |
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| The Power of Habit | |
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| Caretake This Moment | |