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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... true Piety , the Stoics are intitled to the highest Honour for their steady Defence of it ; and their utter Re- jection of the idle , and contemptible Notion , of Chance t § . 17. By Fate they seem to have understood a Series of Events ...
... true Piety , the Stoics are intitled to the highest Honour for their steady Defence of it ; and their utter Re- jection of the idle , and contemptible Notion , of Chance t § . 17. By Fate they seem to have understood a Series of Events ...
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... Supposition of a future State , will certainly be made true at last ; but in the Stoical Sense , and System , is an absolute Ex- travagance . travagance . Take any Person of plain Under- standing , INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
... Supposition of a future State , will certainly be made true at last ; but in the Stoical Sense , and System , is an absolute Ex- travagance . travagance . Take any Person of plain Under- standing , INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
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... to rectify the Mistakes of depraved Reason , and to replace natural Religion on its true Foundation . The Stoics every where tes- B. IV . c . S. § . 6 . tify the noblest Zeal for Virtue , and the honour tify INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
... to rectify the Mistakes of depraved Reason , and to replace natural Religion on its true Foundation . The Stoics every where tes- B. IV . c . S. § . 6 . tify the noblest Zeal for Virtue , and the honour tify INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
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... true , he lived to a great Age . But that he should continue alive , to the Time of M. An- tonius , as Themistius || , and Suidas ¶ affirm , is utterly improbable t † , as the learned Fabricius observes ; to whose Life of Epictetus I am ...
... true , he lived to a great Age . But that he should continue alive , to the Time of M. An- tonius , as Themistius || , and Suidas ¶ affirm , is utterly improbable t † , as the learned Fabricius observes ; to whose Life of Epictetus I am ...
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... true bravery , and was indeed contrary to nature . The Spartans , to make a trial of the fortitude of their children , used to have them publicly whipt at the altar of Diana ; and often with so much severity , that they expired . The ...
... true bravery , and was indeed contrary to nature . The Spartans , to make a trial of the fortitude of their children , used to have them publicly whipt at the altar of Diana ; and often with so much severity , that they expired . The ...
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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.