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Epictetus

Enchiridion of Epictetus Chapter 50

Chapter 50 of 53

Canonical reference 50

Ancient Greek

Heinrich Schenkl, Epicteti dissertationes ab Arriano digestae (1916)

ὅσα προτίθεται, τούτοις ὡς νόμοις, ὡς ἀσεβήσων, ἂν παραβῇς, ἔμμενε. ὅ τι δʼ ἂν ἐρῇ τις περὶ σοῦ, μὴ ἐπιστρέφου· τοῦτο γὰρ οὐκ ἔτʼ ἔστι σόν.

English

George Long · George Long, The Encheiridion (1877)

Whatever things (rules) are proposed to you (for the conduct of life) abide by them, as if they were laws, as if you would be guilty of impiety if you transgressed any of them. And whatever any man shall say about you, do not attend to it; for this is no affair of yours.

French

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

À tous ces préceptes, comme à des lois que tu ne peux sans impiété transgresser, reste fidèle. De tout ce qu’on pourra dire de toi, ne prends souci : cela n’est plus ton fait.

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