Epictetus · Complete work
Chapter 27
Chapter 27 of 53. Read it here for reference, or continue through the entire work without leaving the reader.
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[27.1] ὥσπερ σκοπὸς πρὸς τὸ ἀποτυχεῖν οὐ τίθεται, οὕτως οὐδὲ κακοῦ φύσις ἐν κόσμῳ γίνεται.
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[27.1] Just as a target is not set up in order to be missed, so no nature of evil comes into being in the universe.
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[27.1] Just as a target is not set up for the purpose of being missed, so the nature of evil does not arise in the universe.