Epictetus wrote: "Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions—in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not our own doing."
Co mi prijde na tomto zasadni je, ze Epictetus (a asi nebyl ve sve spolecnosti jediny) nepovazoval telo za neco co nam nalezi, co je v nasich rukou. Je to docela prakticke :D