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Epictetus

Fragments Attributed to Epictetus Fragment 6

Fragment 6 of 31

Canonical reference 6

Ancient Greek

Heinrich Schenkl, Epicteti dissertationes ab Arriano digestae (1916)

Ῥούφου ἐκ τοῦ Ἐπικτήτου περὶ φιλίας. ἀλλὰ παντὸς μᾶλλον τῆς μὲν φύσεως ἐκεῖνο τὸ ἔργον συνδῆσαι καὶ συναρμόσαι τὴν ὁρμὴν τῇ τοῦ προσήκοντος καὶ ὠφελίμου φαντασίᾳ.

English

W. A. Oldfather · W. A. Oldfather, Epictetus: The Discourses as Reported by Arrian, the Manual, and Fragments, volume II (1928)

Rufus. From Epictetus on friendship But above all else this is the function of nature, to bind together and to harmonize our choice with the conception of what is fitting and helpful.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Rufus. D'Épictète sur l'amitié

Mais, par-dessus tout, telle est la fonction de la nature : unir et mettre en harmonie notre choix avec la conception de ce qui est convenable et utile.

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