The mind does not undermine itself; that is, it doesn’t frighten itself or hurt itself purposefully. But if someone else wishes to frighten or hurt it, let them do so, for the mind needn’t accept these things. Let the body, if it can, defend itself from suffering; and if it does suffer, let it speak. But the soul, which can feel fear and pain, is powerful enough to control these opinions of itself, and so will suffer nothing, as it would never deviate into such judgment. The mind in itself wants nothing, unless it creates a want for itself, and therefore is both free from perturbation and
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