⁵Bhagavadgita 2:47 says “You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action”. Duty is a socially defined concept, and as such, outside of the scope of this book. Stoic philosophy can be seen in this light as well, if the Greek kathekon is translated as “duty”, see p. 172 in Hadot (2002). Acting according to God’s will is another formulation used by Epictetus (e.g. The Discourses, IV:1) and of course by various religious systems.