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Of Human Freedom by Epictetus, translated by Robert Dobbin — WisdomDeck honest review

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Of Human Freedom

by Epictetus, translated by Robert Dobbin

Penguin Great Ideas selection from the Discourses: freedom as inner independence, slavery as wanting what is not yours. Pocket-sized Epictetus.

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Freedom is not wanting what is not yours.
Judgments, not events.
Practice detachment.

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