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Quotation from Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion by Epictetus
“Now is the time for the fever. Let it be borne well.”
Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion, Discourses, "In What Manner We Ought to Bear Sickness" (III.10), trans. George Long (1877)
Against the student who says he cannot philosophize while feverish, Epictetus treats illness as the very test philosophy prepares for.
Citation: "Now is the time for the fever. Let it be borne well." — Epictetus, Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion, Discourses, "In What Manner We Ought to Bear Sickness" (III.10), trans. George Long (1877). (id epictetus-discourses-and-encheiridion-q8)
Portrait: Epictetus from L. Annaei Senecae philosophi Opera, 1605, title page detail, Theodoor Galle, Public domain.
