Epictetus placed a decisive difference between events and suffering: "Men are disturbed not by things, but by the opinions they have about them"

Original: Epicteto colocou entre os acontecimentos e o sofrimento uma diferença decisiva: “Os homens não são perturbados pelas coisas, mas pelas opiniões que têm sobre elas”

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