The Master Argument

Stoic philosopher Epictetus sought to use philosophy to solve the problems of life.  He took The Master Argument from an earlier philosopher name Diodorus and changed it into a different form.

The Master Argument

1. Every past event is necessarily true

2. An impossibility cannot follow a possibility

3. Things are possible which neither are nor will be true

All three arguments present a paradox.  Is one true and two are wrong?  Or are two right and one is wrong?  I’ll leave to the reader to decide because I haven’t figured it out myself.