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Epictetus was born a slave and became one of history's most liberated minds. His entire philosophy rests on a single, powerful distinction: the Dichotomy of Control. 'Some things are in our control and others not. ' He taught that we control our opinions, pursuits, desires, and aversions—our own internal world. We do not control our bodies, property, reputation, or command—the external world. Suffering, he argued, comes entirely from trying to control what is not ours. By focusing only on what is up to us, we become invincible.
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