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Full Idea
The philosophers are right to say that if the honorable and good person knew what was going to happen, he would even collaborate with disease, death and lameness.
Gist of Idea
If we could foresee the future, we should collaborate with disease and death
Source
Epictetus (The Discourses [c.56], 2.10.05)
Book Ref
'The Stoics Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B/Gerson,L.P. [Hackett 2008], p.200
A Reaction
The 'philosophers' must be the earlier stoics, founders of his school.