Single Idea 1770

[catalogued under 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism]

Full Idea

When a slave who was being beaten for theft said, 'It was fated that I should steal', Zeno replied, 'Yes, and that you should be beaten.'

Gist of Idea

When a slave said 'It was fated that I should steal', Zeno replied 'Yes, and that you should be beaten'

Source

report of Zeno (Citium) (fragments/reports [c.294 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 07.Ze.19

Book Reference

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.267