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Full Idea
The will of nature may be learned from those things in which we do not differ from one another.
Gist of Idea
We see nature's will in the ways all people are the same
Source
Epictetus (The Handbook [Encheiridion] [c.58], 26)
Book Ref
Epictetus: 'The Discourses, The Handbook, Fragments', ed/tr. Gill,C [Everyman 1995], p.295
A Reaction
There you go! This is the rule for anthropologists on field trips. And it guides us towards a core of essential human nature. But it neglects the way that nature is expressed in different cultures, which is also important.
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| 23366 | We see nature's will in the ways all people are the same [Epictetus] |