All the Works of Epictetus, which are Now Extant: Consisting of His Discourses, Preserved by Arrian, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments, Volume 2J. and F. Rivington, 1768 - Conduct of life |
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... Character , you know that you will make yourself beautiful : but , while you neglect thefe Things , though you ufe every Contrivance to appear beautiful , you muft neceffarily be deformed . § . 2. I know not how to say any thing further ...
... Character , you know that you will make yourself beautiful : but , while you neglect thefe Things , though you ufe every Contrivance to appear beautiful , you muft neceffarily be deformed . § . 2. I know not how to say any thing further ...
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... Character as a Philofopher : but , according to Mr. Upton's very probable Conjecture , the Tranflation must be would it not be cruel , & c . ( c ) Polemo was a profligate young Rake of Athens , and even distinguished by the ...
... Character as a Philofopher : but , according to Mr. Upton's very probable Conjecture , the Tranflation must be would it not be cruel , & c . ( c ) Polemo was a profligate young Rake of Athens , and even distinguished by the ...
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... Philofopher of Syria , whofe Character is defcribed , with the highest Encomiuins , by Pliny . See L. 1. Ep . x.- ( ε ) Ταῦτα in this Place fhould be τ ' αυτά . muft cultivate either your own ruling Faculty , or Externals 58 The DISCOURSES.
... Philofopher of Syria , whofe Character is defcribed , with the highest Encomiuins , by Pliny . See L. 1. Ep . x.- ( ε ) Ταῦτα in this Place fhould be τ ' αυτά . muft cultivate either your own ruling Faculty , or Externals 58 The DISCOURSES.
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... , trouble yourself about it ? There is a Duty incumbent on your Father ; which unlefs unless he performs , he lofes the Character of a 64 Book III . The DISCOURSES That we ought not to be alarmed, by News that is brought us.
... , trouble yourself about it ? There is a Duty incumbent on your Father ; which unlefs unless he performs , he lofes the Character of a 64 Book III . The DISCOURSES That we ought not to be alarmed, by News that is brought us.
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... Character of a Father , of natural Affection , of Tendernefs . Do not want him to lofe any thing else , by this : for no Perfon is ever guilty in one Inftance , and a Sufferer in another . Your Duty , on the other Hand , is to make your ...
... Character of a Father , of natural Affection , of Tendernefs . Do not want him to lofe any thing else , by this : for no Perfon is ever guilty in one Inftance , and a Sufferer in another . Your Duty , on the other Hand , is to make your ...
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Page 23 - Do not you know that both sickness and death must overtake us? At what employment? The husbandman at his plough; the sailor on his voyage. At what employment would you be taken? For, indeed, at what employment ought you to be taken? If there is any better employment at which you can be taken, follow that. For my own part, I would be taken engaged in nothing, but in the care of my own faculty of choice; how to render it undisturbed, unrestrained, uncompelled, free. I would be found studying this,...
Page 210 - No, but since I take care to have right principles, it is more reasonable that I should have power. Yes, in respect to what you take care about, your principles. But give up to others the things in which they have taken more care than you. Else it is just as if, because you have right principles, you should think it fit that when you shoot an arrow, you should hit the mark better than an archer, or that you should forge better than a smith.
Page 270 - Does 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 277 - If a person had delivered up your body to any one whom he met in his way, you would certainly be angry. And do you feel no shame in delivering up your own mind to be disconcerted and confounded by any one who happens to give you ill language ? xxix i3 [DISCOURSES, in.
Page 285 - If you are struck by the appearance of any promised pleasure, guard yourself against being hurried away by it; but let the affair wait your leisure, and procure yourself some delay. Then bring to your mind both points of time : that in which you shall enjoy the pleasure, and that in which you will repent and reproach yourself after you have enjoyed it; and set before you, in opposition to these, how you will rejoice and applaud yourself if you abstain. And even though it should appear to you a seasonable...
Page 44 - For we ought to have these two principles in readiness: that except the will nothing is good nor bad; and that we ought not to lead events, but to follow them. "My brother ought not to have behaved thus to me.
Page 294 - This instant then, think yourself worthy of living as a man grown up, and a proficient. Let whatever appears to be the best, be to you an inviolable law. And if any instance of pain or pleasure...
Page 293 - Whatever rules you have deliberately proposed to yourself for the conduct of life, abide by them as so many laws, and as if you would be guilty of impiety in transgressing any of them ; and do not regard what any one says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours. How long will you defer to think yourself...
Page 286 - When you do any thing from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shun the being seen to do it, even though the world should make a wrong supposition about it ; for, if you do not act right, shun the action itself; but if you do, why are you afraid of those who censure you wrongly...
Page 278 - Is a brother unjust ? Well: preserve your own situation towards him ; consider not what he does, but what you are to do. In this manner you will find, from the idea of a neighbour, a citizen, a general, the corresponding duties, if you accustom yourselves to contemplate the several relations.