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Quotation from The Discourses by Epictetus
“But now I am a rational creature, and I ought to praise God: this is my work”
The Discourses, Book I, Ch. 16, trans. George Long (1877)
The close of the chapter on providence, where the 'lame old man' takes up the office of singing hymns on behalf of those who have become blind to God's gifts.
Citation: "But now I am a rational creature, and I ought to praise God: this is my work" — Epictetus, The Discourses, Book I, Ch. 16, trans. George Long (1877). (id epictetus-discourses-q5)
