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Fragment 6

Rufus. From Epictetus on friendship

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But above all else this is the function of nature, to bind together and to harmonize our choice with the conception of what is fitting and helpful.

Epictetus, Discourses, Fragment 6, translated by W. A. Oldfather (1925–1928). The Stoic Library.