Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Disease is an impediment to the body, but not to the will.”
- Source
- Enchiridion
- Date
- c. 125
- English wording
- George Long — Translator · from Ancient Greek
Meaning of “Disease is an impediment to the body, but…”
Physical limitation and inner choice are treated as different domains, preserving agency even under constraint.
Where does it come from?
Enchiridion 9; Epictetus uses illness to illustrate the distinction between external limits and the will.
