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PREFACE.
THE DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS.
ARRIAN TO LUCIUS GELLIUS WISHETH ALL HAPPINESS.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.: OF THE THINGS WHICH ARE, AND THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT IN OUR OWN POWER.
CHAPTER II.: IN WHAT MANNER, UPON EVERY OCCASION, TO PRESERVE OUR CHARACTER.
CHAPTER III.: HOW, FROM THE DOCTRINE THAT GOD IS THE FATHER OF MANKIND, WE MAY PROCEED TO ITS CONSEQUENCES.
CHAPTER IV: OF PROGRESS.
CHAPTER V.: CONCERNING THE ACADEMICS. †
CHAPTER VI.: OF PROVIDENCE.
CHAPTER VII.: OF THE USE OF THE FORMS OF RIGHT REASONING.
CHAPTER VIII.: THAT LOGICAL SUBTLETIES ARE NOT SAFE TO THE UNINSTRUCTED.
CHAPTER IX.: HOW FROM THE DOCTRINE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD, WE ARE TO DEDUCE ITS CONSEQUENCES.
CHAPTER X.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO SEEK PREFERMENT AT ROME.
CHAPTER XI.: OF NATURAL AFFECTION.
CHAPTER XII.: OF CONTENTMENT.
CHAPTER XIII.: HOW EVERYTHING MAY BE PERFORMED TO THE DIVINE ACCEPTANCE.
CHAPTER XIV.: THAT ALL THINGS ARE UNDER THE DIVINE SUPERVISION.
CHAPTER XV.: WHAT PHILOSOPHY PROMISES.
CHAPTER XVI.: OF PROVIDENCE.
CHAPTER XVII.: THAT THE ART OF REASONING IS NECESSARY.
CHAPTER XVIII.: THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH THE ERRING.
CHAPTER XIX.: OF THE RIGHT TREATMENT OF TYRANTS.
CHAPTER XX.: IN WHAT MANNER REASON CONTEMPLATES ITSELF.
CHAPTER XXI.: OF THE DESIRE OF ADMIRATION.
CHAPTER XXII.: OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
CHAPTER XXIII.: AGAINST EPICURUS.
CHAPTER XXIV.: HOW WE OUGHT TO STRUGGLE WITH DIFFICULTIES.
CHAPTER XXV.: ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
CHAPTER XXVI.: WHAT THE RULE OF LIFE IS.
CHAPTER XXVII.: OF THE VARIED APPEARANCES OF THINGS TO THE MIND, AND WHAT MEANS ARE AT HAND BY WHICH TO REGULATE THEM.
CHAPTER XXVIII.: THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH MANKIND. WHAT THINGS ARE LITTLE, WHAT GREAT, AMONG MEN.
CHAPTER XXIX.: OF COURAGE.
CHAPTER XXX.: WEAPONS READY FOR DIFFICULT OCCASIONS.
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I.: THAT COURAGE IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH CAUTION.
CHAPTER II.: OF TRANQUILLITY.
CHAPTER III.: CONCERNING SUCH AS RECOMMEND PERSONS TO THE PHILOSOPHERS
CHAPTER IV.: CONCERNING A MAN WHO HAD BEEN GUILTY OF ADULTERY.
CHAPTER V.: HOW NOBLENESS OF MIND MAY BE CONSISTENT WITH PRUDENCE.
CHAPTER VI.: OF CIRCUMSTANCES. *
CHAPTER VII.: OF DIVINATION.
CHAPTER VIII.: WHEREIN CONSISTS THE ESSENCE OF GOOD.
CHAPTER IX.: THAT SOME PERSONS, FAILING TO FULFIL WHAT THE CHARACTER OF A MAN IMPLIES, ASSUME THAT OF A PHILOSOPHER.
CHAPTER X.: HOW WE MAY INFER THE DUTIES OF LIFE FROM ITS NOMINAL FUNCTIONS.
CHAPTER XI.: THE BEGINNING OF PHILOSOPHY.
CHAPTER XII.: OF DISPUTATION.
CHAPTER XIII.: OF ANXIETY.
CHAPTER XIV.: CONCERNING NASO.
CHAPTER XV.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO OBSTINATELY PERSIST IN WHATEVER THEY HAVE DETERMINED.
CHAPTER XVI.: THAT WE DO NOT STUDY TO MAKE USE OF THE ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLES CONCERNING GOOD AND EVIL.
CHAPTER XVII.: HOW TO APPLY GENERAL PRINCIPLES TO PARTICULAR CASES.
CHAPTER XVIII.: HOW THE SEMBLANCES OF THINGS ARE TO BE COMBATED.
CHAPTER XIX.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO EMBRACE PHILOSOPHY ONLY IN WORDS.
CHAPTER XX.: CONCERNING THE EPICUREANS AND ACADEMICS.
CHAPTER XXI.: OF INCONSISTENCY.
CHAPTER XXII.: OF FRIENDSHIP.
CHAPTER XXIII.: OF ELOQUENCE.
CHAPTER XXIV.: CONCERNING A PERSON WHOM HE TREATED WITH DISREGARD.
CHAPTER XXV.: THAT LOGIC IS NECESSARY.
CHAPTER XXVI.: WHAT IS THE TEST OF ERROR.
BOOK III.
CHAPTER I.: OF PERSONAL ADORNMENT.
CHAPTER II.: IN WHAT A WELL-TRAINED MAN SHOULD EXERCISE HIMSELF; AND THAT WE NEGLECT THE PRINCIPAL THINGS.
CHAPTER III.: WHAT IS THE CHIEF CONCERN OF A GOOD MAN; AND IN WHAT WE CHIEFLY OUGHT TO TRAIN OURSELVES.
CHAPTER IV.: CONCERNING ONE WHO MADE HIMSELF IMPROPERLY CONSPICUOUS IN THE THEATRE.
CHAPTER V.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO PLEAD SICKNESS.
CHAPTER VI.: MISCELLANEOUS.
CHAPTER VII.: CONCERNING A CERTAIN GOVERNOR WHO WAS AN EPICUREAN.
CHAPTER VIII.: HOW WE ARE TO EXERCISE OURSELVES AGAINST THE SEMBLANCES OF THINGS.
CHAPTER IX.: CONCERNING A CERTAIN ORATOR, WHO WAS GOING TO ROME ON A LAWSUIT.
CHAPTER X.: IN WHAT MANNER WE OUGHT TO BEAR SICKNESS.
CHAPTER XI.: MISCELLANEOUS.
CHAPTER XII.: OF TRAINING.
CHAPTER XIII.: WHAT SOLITUDE IS; AND WHAT A SOLITARY PERSON.
CHAPTER XIV.: MISCELLANEOUS.
CHAPTER XV. *: THAT EVERYTHING IS TO BE UNDERTAKEN WITH CIRCUMSPECTION.
CHAPTER XVI.: THAT CAUTION SHOULD BE USED, AS TO PERSONAL FAMILIARITY.
CHAPTER XVII.: OF PROVIDENCE.
CHAPTER XVIII.: THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ALARMED, BY ANY NEWS THAT IS BROUGHT US.
CHAPTER XIX.: WHAT IS THE COMPARATIVE CONDITION OF THE PHILOSOPHER, AND OF THE CROWD.
CHAPTER XX.: THAT SOME ADVANTAGE MAY BE GAINED FROM EVERY OUTWARD CIRCUMSTANCE.
CHAPTER XXI.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO READILY SET UP FOR SOPHISTS.
CHAPTER XXII.: OF THE CYNIC PHILOSOPHY.
CHAPTER XXIII.: CONCERNING SUCH AS READ AND DISPUTE OSTENTATIOUSLY.
CHAPTER XXIV.: THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE AFFECTED BY THINGS NOT IN OUR OWN POWER.
CHAPTER XXV.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO WAVER IN THEIR PURPOSE.
CHAPTER XXVI.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO ARE IN DREAD OF WANT.
BOOK IV.
CHAPTER I.: OF FREEDOM.
CHAPTER II.: OF COMPLAISANCE.
CHAPTER III.: WHAT THINGS ARE TO BE EXCHANGED FOR OTHERS.
CHAPTER IV.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO EARNESTLY DESIRE A LIFE OF REPOSE.
CHAPTER V.: CONCERNING THE QUARRELSOME AND FEROCIOUS.
CHAPTER VI.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO ARE ANNOYED AT BEING PITIED.
CHAPTER VII.: OF FEARLESSNESS.
CHAPTER VIII.: CONCERNING SUCH AS HASTILY ASSUME THE PHILOSOPHIC DRESS.
CHAPTER IX.: CONCERNING A PERSON WHO HAD GROWN IMMODEST.
CHAPTER X.: WHAT THINGS WE ARE TO DESPISE, AND WHAT CHIEFLY TO VALUE.
CHAPTER XI.: OF PURITY.
CHAPTER XII.: OF TAKING PAINS.
CHAPTER XIII.: CONCERNING SUCH AS ARE TOO COMMUNICATIVE.
THE ENCHIRIDION, OR MANUAL.
Part I
FROM STOBÆUS, ANTONIUS, AND MAXIMUS. *
The following Fragments are ascribed jointly to Epictetus and other authors.
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The following Fragments are omitted by Mr. Upton; but as they stand under the name of Arrian, and seem to be in the spirit of Epictetus, they are added here.
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