Whole and Part

Golden sayings of Epictetus
pg.154

You are Human
Your faculty- unenslaved
and free from subjection
except that of Fortune!

Consider then what separates you from beasts
it is the faculty of reasoning
you are a citizen of the World
not the subservient
but the Principal!

A citizen of the World
who holds nothing profitable to Himself
To act with reference to Whole
As hand or foot would do to the Body

have reason and understand Nature's construction
Desire nothing except with reference to the Whole
Its all a universal arrangement
And the whole is superior to the part

Authors

Epictetus