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Panaetius
Panaetius Fragments in Fowler’s Edition Carrier unit 16
Carrier unit 16 of 59
Canonical reference 16
Ancient Greek
16. [Plut. de Cohib. Ira XVI, 463 D.] Δεῖ δὲ, ὥς που καὶ Παναίτιος ἔφη, χρῆςθαι τῷ
᾿Αναξαγόρᾳ, καὶ καθάπερ ἐκεῖνος ἐπὶ τῇ τελευτῇ τοῦ παιδὸς εἶπεν᾽ ἤδειν ὅτι
θνητὸν ἐτέννηςα, τοῦτο τοῖς παροξύνουςιν ἕκαςτον ἐπιφωνεῖν ἁμαρτήμαςιν᾽
ἤδειν ὅτι ςοφὸν οὐκ ἐπριάμην δοῦλον, ἤδειν ὅτι ἀπαθῆ τὸν φίλον οὐκ ἐκτηςάμην,
ἤδειν ὅτι τὴν γυναῖκα γυναῖκα εἶχον (cf. v. L. 115).
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
16. [Plutarch, On the Control of Anger XVI, 463 D.] We must, as Panaetius said somewhere, make use of Anaxagoras and, just as he said upon the death of his child, “I knew that I had begotten a mortal,” so utter this maxim over each failing that provokes us: “I knew that the slave I bought was not wise; I knew that the friend I acquired was not free from passions; I knew that the wife I had was a woman.” (cf. v. L. 115).
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15
16. [Plutarque, De la maîtrise de la colère XVI, 463 D.] Il faut, comme Panétius l’a dit quelque part, recourir à Anaxagore et, de même que celui-ci déclara à la mort de son enfant : « Je savais que j’avais engendré un mortel », répéter cela à propos de chacune des fautes qui nous irritent : « Je savais que je n’avais pas acheté un esclave sage ; je savais que je ne m’étais pas acquis un ami impassible ; je savais que mon épouse était une femme. » (cf. v. L. 115).
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Anger
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Appropriate action
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Civic cooperation
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Civic duty
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Honorable and useful
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Nature
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Reason
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