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What is up to us
Epictetus (50 B.C. - 130 B.C.)

"Some things are up to us, some are not up to us." (P 524b)

Up to us:

Our own doings: judgment, opinion, intention, desire, aversion
Not up to us:
Not our own doings: body, property, reputation, political office
Richard Lee, rlee@comp.uark.edu, last modified: 26 April 1999