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Epictetus
Enchiridion of Epictetus Chapter 36
Chapter 36 of 53
Canonical reference 36
Ancient Greek
Heinrich Schenkl, Epicteti dissertationes ab Arriano digestae (1916)
ὡς τὸ ἡμέρα ἐστί καὶ νύξ ἐστι πρὸς μὲν τὸ διεζευγμένον μεγάλην ἔχει ἀξίαν, πρὸς δὲ τὸ συμπεπλεγμένον ἀπαξίαν, οὕτω καὶ τὸ τὴν μείζω μερίδα ἐκλέξασθαι πρὸς μὲν τὸ σῶμα ἐχέτω ἀξίαν, πρὸς δὲ τὸ τὸ κοινωνικὸν ἐν ἑστιάσει, οἷον δεῖ, φυλάξαι, ἀπαξίαν ἔχει. ὅταν οὖν συνεσθίῃς ἑτέρῳ, μέμνησο, μὴ μόνον τὴν πρὸς τὸ σῶμα ἀξίαν τῶν παρακειμένων ὁρᾶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸν ἑστιάτορα αἰδῶ φυλάξαι.
English
George Long · George Long, The Encheiridion (1877)
As the proposition, it is either day, or it is night, is of great importance for the disjunctive argument, but for the conjunctive, is of no value, so in a symposium (entertainment) to select the larger share is of great value for the body, but for the maintenance of the social feeling is worth nothing. When, then, you are eating with another, remember, to look not only to the value for the body of the things set before you, but also to the value of the behavior towards the host which ought to be observed.
French
Jean-Marie Guyau · Jean-Marie Guyau, Manuel d’Épictète (1875)
Ces propositions, « Il est jour, » « Il est nuit, » ont une grande valeur si on les énonce séparément, et, si on les joint ensemble, n’en ont plus ; de même, prendre pour soi la meilleure part, c’est chose excellente par rapport au corps ; mais, si l’on considère les devoirs de sociabilité, qu’on doit observer dans un banquet, c’est chose indigne . Lors donc que tu dîneras avec quelqu’un, souviens-toi de ne pas seulement regarder la qualité des mets pour le corps, mais encore de conserver le respect à l’égard du maître du banquet.
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