Full Idea
He is free for whom all things happen in accordance with his choice, and whom no one can constrain.
Gist of Idea
Freedom is acting by choice, with no constraint possible
Source
Epictetus (The Discourses [c.56], 1.12.09)
Book Reference
Epictetus: 'The Discourses, The Handbook, Fragments', ed/tr. Gill,C [Everyman 1995], p.33
A Reaction
Presumable this means that constraint is absolutely impossible, even by Zeus, and not just contingent possibility, when no one sees me raid the fridge.
Related Idea
Idea 23338 You can fetter my leg, but not even Zeus can control my power of choice [Epictetus]