No one who lives in fear, then, or distress or agitation, can be free, but anyone who is released from fear, distress, and agitation is released by the very same course from slavery too.
 Epictetus, Discourses (2nd century). copy citation

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Author Epictetus
Source Discourses
Topic slavery fear
Date 2nd century
Language English
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Note Translated by Robin Hard
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