# CII explained — Short Works

> Chapter companion for Short Works by Epictetus.

## What happens

The chapter asserts that a life lived with justice provides safety and security in any location or circumstance.

## Themes in this chapter

### Virtue as the Only Good

Justice, a core virtue, is presented as the sole requirement for true safety, implying it is the only real good that provides security.

### Inner Freedom and Slavery

The claim that justice makes 'every place... safe' highlights the inner freedom and invulnerability that comes from virtuous character, independent of external dangers.

## Key lines

> Every place is safe to him who lives with justice.

If you conduct your life justly, you will be secure no matter where you are.

_Condenses the Stoic idea that moral integrity is the ultimate protection against harm._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/epictetus_short_works_se/chapters/cii
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- All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/epictetus_short_works_se/chapters