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| Subtitle | aka, The Handbook |
| Translator | Nicholas P. White |
| First Written | 135 |
| Genre | Philosophy |
| Origin | Rome |
| Publisher | Hackett |
| ISBN-13 | 0915145693 |
| My Copy | library paperback |
| First Read | May 13, 2014 |
Enchiridion
Nicholas White's translation is really arresting: I've compared with a few others, and he makes some really striking, concrete choices.
Noted on May 13, 2014
I've been reading the Stoics lately, and I'd never read anything from Epictetus. What a name!
Noted on May 13, 2014
33. ...If someone reports back to you that so-and-so is saying bad things about you, do not reply to them but answer, "Obviously he didn't know my other bad characteristics, since otherwise he wouldn't just have mentioned these."
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17. Remember that you are an actor in a play, which is as the playwright wants it to be: short if he wants it short, long if he wants it long.
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12. ...Begin therefore with little things. A little oil is spilled, a little wine is stolen: say, "This is the price of tranquility; this is the price of not being upset." Nothing comes for free.
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8. Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen, and your life will go well.
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3. In the case of everything attractive or useful or that you are fond of, remember to say just what sort of thing it is, beginning with the least little things. If you are fond of a jug, say "I am fond of a jug!" For then when it is broken you will not be upset. If you kiss your child or wife, say that you are kissing a human being; for when it dies you will not be upset.
Quoted on May 13, 2014