It is a mark of want of intellect, to spend much
time in things relating to the body; as to be immoderate in exercises, in eating and drinking, and in the
discharge of other animal functions. These things
should be done incidentally and our main strength be
applied to our reason.
The Works of Epictetus: His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments. Epictetus. Thomas Wentworth Higginson. translator. New York. Thomas Nelson and Sons. 1890.
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