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Epictetus

Enchiridion of Epictetus Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of 53

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Ancient Greek

Heinrich Schenkl, Epicteti dissertationes ab Arriano digestae (1916)

θάνατος καὶ φυγὴ καὶ πάντα τὰ δεινὰ φαινόμενα πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν ἔστω σοι καθʼ ἡμέραν, μάλιστα δὲ πάντων ὁ θάνατος· καὶ οὐδὲν οὐδέποτε οὔτε ταπεινὸν ἐνθυμηθήσῃ οὔτε ἄγαν ἐπιθυμήσεις τινός.

English

George Long · George Long, The Encheiridion (1877)

Let death and exile and every other thing which appears dreadful be daily before your eyes; but most of all death: and you will never think of anything mean nor will you desire anything extravagantly.

French

Jean-Marie Guyau · Jean-Marie Guyau, Manuel d’Épictète (1875)

Que la mort, et l’exil, et toutes les choses qui semblent terribles soient chaque jour devant tes yeux, surtout la mort ; et jamais tu ne penseras rien de bas, jamais tu ne désireras rien avec excès .

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