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Acceptance of necessity
Enchiridion 53.2, quoting Euripides
Original text
Greek
The ancient words
ὅστις δ᾽ ἀνάγκῃ συγκεχώρηκεν καλῶς, σοφὸς παρ᾽ ἡμῖν, καὶ τὰ θεῖ᾽ ἐπίσταται.
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A saying attributed to Euripides in Epictetus’s closing collection of quotations. It concerns acceptance of necessity rather than directly addressing a deity.
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