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Epictetus
Enchiridion of Epictetus Chapter 21
Chapter 21 of 53
Canonical reference 21
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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Death
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Desire
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Exile
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Impressions and assent
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Moral choice
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