«But the celebration has come to an end. Leave with gratitude and humility. Give your place to others. Others must be born, just as you were born, and once born, they must acquire a piece of land and houses and all that is necessary to be able to live. What would happen if those who came first did not leave? Why are you greedy? Why are you dissatisfied? Why do you burden our world?

– Okay, but I want to have my children and my wife with me.

– Why, do they belong to you? Not to the one who gave them to you? To the one who created you as well? Is it not inevitable to part with something that does not belong to you? To give it up to the higher?

– Why did he bring me into the world under these terms?

– If you don’t like it, leave! He does not need complaining spectators. He wants those who celebrate with him, dance, applaud warmly, walk alongside his will, and sing the hymns of the sacred celebration.»

In today’s world where freedom is often confused with consumption, unlimited choices, and social advancement, Epictetus comes to remind us that freedom begins when we cease to be slaves to our desires and fears. The work essentially serves as a call to the reader for self-awareness and spiritual liberation from the bonds of egoism.