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Quotation from The Discourses by Epictetus
“What is it to bear a fever well? Not to blame God or man”
The Discourses, Book III, Ch. 10, trans. George Long (1877)
Illness is treated as a test of philosophy like any other part of life: the physician may forbid drink, but cannot prevent one from bearing thirst well.
Citation: "What is it to bear a fever well? Not to blame God or man" — Epictetus, The Discourses, Book III, Ch. 10, trans. George Long (1877). (id epictetus-discourses-q9)
