JL writes
If we're going to trade apocryphal stories, this is the usual version: One day Epictetus' master was twisting his leg. 'If you keep on,' said Epictetus, 'you will break it.' His master did not stop, and eventually broke Epictetus' leg. 'I told you so,' said Epictetus.Geary asks:Is the physical world strictly determined?This was partly Epictetus´s problem. For those who know Greek, they should be amused that what Epictetus said, in Greek, was:"You will twist my leg." His master did eventually twist Epictetus's leg. Epictetus commented, "I told you you would twist my leg."
This was the first recorded instance of maso-stoicism. Robert Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
