Uncertainty
Courage begins where certainty ends: with the next honest action that is still yours to take.Epictetus
The Handbook · Section 1
Prototype paraphrase · not a quotation
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Greek & Roman philosophy
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A historical meeting place, not one school. Aristotle’s ethics and the Stoicism of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius ask related questions but give distinct accounts of a good life.
Stoicism
A philosophical school that places virtue at the center of a good life. It is not simply suppressing emotion.
Practical wisdom
Judgment about how to act well in particular circumstances; in Aristotle, it works together with good character.
Progress
I do my duty: other things trouble me not.Marcus Aurelius
Meditations · Book 6 · Section 22
Design study · verified public-domain translation
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Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.Marcus Aurelius
Meditations · Book VII, 59
Exact wording in this English translation
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For in everything it is no easy task to find the middle…Aristotle
Nicomachean Ethics · Book II, 9
Excerpt; the ellipsis marks the continuing sentence
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First, say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.Epictetus
Discourses · Book III, Chapter 23 · Opening sentence
Opening sentence in the linked English edition
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