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Simplicius
Neoplatonic commentator on Epictetus, mentioned in notes.
minor
First appearance: i of the things which are in our power and not in our power
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- Editors and translators
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- Closing
This passage is the dramatic climax because it delivers the emotional and psychological peak of Epictetus’s ar…
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