The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses in Four Books Preserved by Arrian, the Enchiridion, and Fragments, Volume 1Rivington, 1807 |
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... Greck Language , are properly opposed to each other ; which the English will not admit . I have chosen the best I could find , and wish they were better . the the Stoic Character , was that of the Assents * iv INTRODUCTION .
... Greck Language , are properly opposed to each other ; which the English will not admit . I have chosen the best I could find , and wish they were better . the the Stoic Character , was that of the Assents * iv INTRODUCTION .
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... wish it could have been rendered into English , in a manner less ambiguous , and more expressive of its Mean- ing . But the Stoic Language perished with the Stoic Sect ; and scarcely any of its technical Terms can now be rendered ...
... wish it could have been rendered into English , in a manner less ambiguous , and more expressive of its Mean- ing . But the Stoic Language perished with the Stoic Sect ; and scarcely any of its technical Terms can now be rendered ...
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... Wishes * . • Εσι δη ή πρόληψις , εννοια φυσική των καθ ' όλου . DIOG . LAERT . L. VII , § . 54 . ✦ I am sensible , that Prosperity , in common Use , relates wholly to external Circumstances : but I could find no better Word to express ...
... Wishes * . • Εσι δη ή πρόληψις , εννοια φυσική των καθ ' όλου . DIOG . LAERT . L. VII , § . 54 . ✦ I am sensible , that Prosperity , in common Use , relates wholly to external Circumstances : but I could find no better Word to express ...
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... wish for such a fiction , as that , by which I might live prosperously and undis- turbed . What you wish for , it is business to consider . your § . 5. Of what service , then , is Chrysippus to us ? *本 To teach you , that those things ...
... wish for such a fiction , as that , by which I might live prosperously and undis- turbed . What you wish for , it is business to consider . your § . 5. Of what service , then , is Chrysippus to us ? *本 To teach you , that those things ...
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... wish to be so loved by your Friends , as from their excessive Affec- tion , always to be left alone when you were sick ? Or would you not rather wish , if it were possible , to have such a kind of Affection from your Enemies , as to ...
... wish to be so loved by your Friends , as from their excessive Affec- tion , always to be left alone when you were sick ? Or would you not rather wish , if it were possible , to have such a kind of Affection from your Enemies , as to ...
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Action Admetus Affairs Agamemnon Amphiaraus Antisthenes Appearances of Things assent Athens bear belongs Body Cęsar CHAP Children Chrysippus chuse concerning conformably to Nature conjecture consider contrary Cynic Death dependent on Choice Desires and Aversions Diogenes Discourses Doctrine doth Epictetus Epicureans Epicurus Eriphyle esteem Eteocles Eurystheus Evil exercise Externals Faculty of Choice Father fear Fever Friend give gods Greek Gyaros happen happy hath hear Hence hindered Honour hurt judge Jupiter LAERT lament likewise live Mankind manner Master means Mind never Number Olympic Games Pain Palęstra Person Philoso Philosopher pity Pleasure Power Pre-conceptions preserve Principles proper racter Reason regard restrain Rome ruling Faculty seek Sense shew sick Slave Socrates Soul speak Stoics suffer suppose Syllogisms tell ther Thirty Tyrants Thou throw tion translation follows Tyrant Upton's Wife wish Words World Wretch Zeno
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Page 310 - tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. The good man may be weak, be indolent; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content.
Page 310 - God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son...
Page 310 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.
Page 78 - ... the Deity, and rehearse his benefits ? Ought we not, whether we dig, or plough, or eat, to sing this hymn to God ? Great is God, who has supplied us with these instruments to till the ground ; great is God, who has given us hands and organs of digestion ; who has given us to grow insensibly, to breathe in sleep.
Page 72 - When, then, you have shut the doors and made darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not; but God is within, and your Demon is within, and what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
Page 69 - If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me, what then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb, make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Page 310 - Doth it pass by you? Do not stop it. Is it not yet come? Do not stretch forth your desire towards it, but wait till it reaches you. Thus do with regard to children, to a wife, to public posts, to riches, and you will be, some time or other, a worthy partner of the feasts of the gods.
Page 310 - ... in your way, but your thoughts ought to be bent towards the ship, and perpetually attentive lest the captain should call, and then you must leave all these things, that you may not...
Page 310 - Remember that thou art an actor in a play of such a kind as the teacher (author) may choose; if short, of a short one; if long, of a long one: if he wishes you to act the part of a poor man, see that you act the part naturally; if the part of a lame man, of a magistrate, of a private person, (do the same). For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part, belongs to another.
Page 345 - As it is better to lie straitened for room upon a little couch in health, than to toss upon a wide bed in sickness, so it is better to contract yourself within the compass of a small fortune and be happy, than to have a great one and be wretched.