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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Golden Sayings of Epictetus by Epictetus: X
Thou art but a poor soul laden with a lifeless body.
XI
The other day I had an iron lamp placed beside my household
gods. I heard a noise at the door and on hastening down found my
lamp carried off. I reflected that the culprit was in no very
strange case. "Tomorrow, my friend," I said, "you will find an
earthenware lamp; for a man can only lose what he has."
XII
The reason why I lost my lamp was that the thief was
superior to me in vigilance. He paid however this price for the
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