| 单词 | Epictetus |
| 例句 | Indeed, someone who carries neat to-do lists in his breast pocket and a copy on his desk of Epictetus, the Greek philosopher who preached self-discipline. 2010-01-09T03:27:00Z He chooses which clothes to wear after reading that quote from Epictetus, a philosopher who believed in divine intervention as well as the human capacity to take control of certain situations. ‘The Leftovers’ Season 2, Episode 8: Stop Thinking in Straight Lines 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The website Daily Stoic recommends following the advice of the ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus, who wrote “Be silent for the most part.” In Search of Silence 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z This theme was taken up by Seneca, Epictetus, and a host of early Christian thinkers, and provides the foundation of the modern religious and philosophical imperative to “cultivate the self” or “care for the soul.” The Politics of Conspicuous Displays of Self-Care 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Throughout “The Practicing Stoic,” Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. Review | Aristotle’s lisp, why Socrates loved dancing and other tales of ancient thinkers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z A: It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters, said Epictetus, the ancient Greek philosopher slave. Civilities: How should a gay woman respond to a gift donation made to an anti-LGBT organization? 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z When the news media provokes us with overwhelming amounts of information, Epictetus, another Roman philosopher, cuts through the noise: “If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters.” How would the Stoics cope today? | Ryan Holiday 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Diogenes Laertius devotes one of his longest chapters to Zeno of Citium, whose subsequent disciples, including Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius and Seneca, are central to Ward Farnsworth’s “The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User’s Manual.” Review | Aristotle’s lisp, why Socrates loved dancing and other tales of ancient thinkers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Both Epictetus, a former slave whose name means “owned,” and Seneca used the metaphor with an intent to startle. Better Living Through Stoicism, From Seneca to Modern Interpreters 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z He wasn't a cultured man, but he implicitly grasped the essential codes of Stoic philosophers such as Epictetus or Marcus Aurelius. Clive Dunn in Dad's Army: stoicism, charm and furtive sausages 2012-11-07T18:38:12Z Epictetus, a formerly enslaved Greek, became a highly influential Stoic philosopher studied by Marcus Aurelius. What did Marcus Aurelius believe? 'Meditations' has the answers. 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z “When you imagine some pleasure,” the Stoic philosopher Epictetus wrote to his students, “wait a while, and give yourself pause.” Opinion | Straight People Need Better Rules for Sex 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Ancient Stoicism, especially under popularizers like Epictetus, did promise athletic training for the soul. Perspective | Five myths about Stoicism 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z “No great thing created suddenly,” reads an inscription on the side of the building, a quote from the Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus. Largely Out of Sight in Washington, Kamala Harris Preps for White House 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z From Seneca’s fluid, quotable prose, my daughter turned to the next required reading: passages from that tough old Greek, Epictetus. Opinion | The lessons two ancient philosophers have for us during the pandemic 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z “Some things are in our control and others not,” the Stoic philosopher Epictetus writes in “The Enchiridion.” Opinion | Poker Taught Me How to Deal With the Hand of Fate 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z She is most animated during our conversation when talking about the philosophers she read as a teen who informed her moral code – Plato, Epictetus, Isaiah Berlin. Susan Fowler: ‘When the time came to blow the whistle on Uber, I was ready’ 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Book is a collection of discourses by stoic philosopher Epictetus from around AD108 and is hard going. I gave up everything I enjoy: my day of dopamine fasting, the latest Silicon Valley craze | Brigid Delaney 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z A banner featured a quote from Epictetus, the Greek Stoic philosopher: “Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish?” How Brexit Will End 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z In written versions of his plain-spoken lessons, Epictetus stressed the difference between the few things we control — our own thoughts and actions — and the many things beyond our control. Opinion | The lessons two ancient philosophers have for us during the pandemic 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The Stoics, and Epictetus in particular, translate this into living by practicing three disciplines: desire, action, and assent. How I learned to stop worrying and rediscover the ancient philosophy of Stoicism 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z The Stoic thinker Epictetus wrote in his “Discourses” that the appropriate response to the death of your child is to say to yourself, “I knew I had fathered a mortal.” Perspective | Guess who’s championing Homer? Radical online conservatives. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z “You know Epictetus, the Greek philosopher? He’s like, we all have a role in life – play your role and live it to the fullest.” David LaChapelle: ‘I never wanted to shoot another pop star – I was tortured by them’ 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Engaging in projective visualization, Epictetus believes, will make us appreciate the relative insignificance of the bad things that happen to us and will therefore prevent them from disrupting our tranquility. Ancient Philosophers Reveal 4 Rituals That Will Make You Happier 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z The bracing lessons of Seneca and Epictetus are something different. Opinion | The lessons two ancient philosophers have for us during the pandemic 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Epictetus said, “If you didn’t learn these things in order to demonstrate them in practice, what did you learn them for?” How I learned to stop worrying and rediscover the ancient philosophy of Stoicism 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Marcus Aurelius’s “Meditations” and Epictetus’s “Enchiridion” appear on lists of recommended texts on the Red Pill subreddit. Perspective | Guess who’s championing Homer? Radical online conservatives. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The Stoic philosopher Epictetus once said, “No great thing is created suddenly.” Why This Is the Best Sin of the 7 Deadly Sins 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z The philosopher Epictetus put his finger on it. The Strange Rites of the Ancient Olympics 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z “Be not deceived,” Epictetus writes in The Discourses, “every animal is attached to nothing so much as to its own interest.” Here's a Profound Contradiction of Human Existence 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z What did Epictetus, the great Stoic philosopher, say way back in the first century AD? The Secret to Never Being Frustrated Again 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z What did Epictetus tell his students after he taught them these Stoic lifehacks? 4 Lifehacks From Ancient Philosophers That Will Make You Happier 2014-03-18T04:01:53Z Epictetus had not only been, but had been recognised as one of the noblest characters of Rome. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Epictetus, the philosopher, and Papias, a disciple of St John and author of a lost work on the Sayings of Jesus, were born there. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z If Epictetus was more nearly so, this was probably because the extreme hardship he underwent made him dwell more than his contemporaries upon the importance of fortitude and endurance. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z There was Seneca, living not far from these times, and then the Elder and the Younger Pliny, Tacitus, Plutarch, Galen, Epictetus, Marcus Antoninus—some of the noblest men of the world. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Therefore" continues Epictetus, "in life, also, it is the science of life.... The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z Esprit, tells us that neither Cato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, nor Epictetus were good men, and a good reason why, good men are only found among Christians. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Some one asked Epictetus one day how we can be sure that all our actions are under the inspection of God. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius have each adverted to it with a passing and contemptuous censure. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Epictetus again states his doctrine most explicitly on the subject of terrors. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z And so of estate, house, horses, life and death, Epictetus continues; these are not in our power, they cannot make us free. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z And yet Epictetus, whom we have already quoted, gave this marvelous rule for the guidance of human conduct: "Live with thy inferiors as thou would'st have thy superiors live with thee." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Epictetus definitely accepts them, so far as anything here is definite, and with them, or in them, the ancestral gods. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The duty of not hastily, or through cowardice, abandoning a path of duty, and the right of man to quit life when it appears intolerable, are combined very clearly by Epictetus, Arrian, i. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z In his discourse on tranquillity Epictetus gives us the same counsel. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z I think of him as I do of Buddha, as I do of Confucius, of Epictetus, of Bruno. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Very little will be left—a few sayings to be found among those attributed to Confucius, to Buddha, to Krishna, to Epictetus, to Zeno, and to many others. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z But if they do not, let my readers know that, when he spoke them, the hearer could not avoid being affected as Epictetus wished him to be. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Epictetus urged men so to purify their imaginations, that at the sight of a beautiful woman they should not even mentally exclaim, “Happy her husband!” History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Epictetus bids us meet difficulties in the same way. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Christianity has produced no greater character than Epictetus, no greater sovereign than Marcus Aurelius. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Mr. Lincoln was familiar with the lives of Socrates, Epictetus, Epicurus, Zeno, Confucius, Zoroaster and Buddha, not one of whom ever heard of the Bible. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Epictetus on children and women Such, save for a sentence or two omitted, is Arrian's preface,—thereafter no voice is heard but that of Epictetus. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z “There are some,” said Epictetus, “whom madness, there are others, like the Galilæans, whom custom, makes indifferent to death.” History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Epictetus does not shrink from the logic of his teaching in its application to the sorrows of others, though here it is tempered by a concession to the weakness of ordinary mortals. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Diogenes, Epictetus, Socrates to some extent, Buddha and Christ, all taught the first philosophy. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z For the use of my classes I have made a collection of proverbs from the Bible, from Buddha's Dhammapada, from the Encheiridion of Epictetus, the Imitation of Christ, and other ancient and modern sources. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z It is pleasanter to turn to other features of Epictetus. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Epictetus embodied the sternest Stoicism in his Manual, but his dissertations exhibit a deep religious feeling and a wide range of sympathies. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z An aged man slips on the ice, falls, breaks a bone, and is left, like Epictetus, lame for life. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The same happened to philosophy, not in the sense of the wisdom of men like Confucius or Epictetus, but with professional philosophy which humoured the instincts of the crowd of rich and idle people. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Yes—there was Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Plato, Emerson and Carlisle—the great German philosophers, the French, the English—all showing signs of use. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z Epictetus quotes lines which he attributes to Pythagoras— Let sleep not come upon thy languid eyes Ere thou has scanned the actions of the day— Where have I sinned? The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Aurelius thanks Providence, as for one of the great blessings of his life, that he had been made acquainted with the writings of Epictetus. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z These complaints go upon the same principle that made it a merit in Epictetus, the Greek philosopher, to have had no door to his hovel. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z But all things have, as it were, two handles by which they may be raised, as Epictetus says. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z And yet Epictetus whom we have already quoted, gave this marvellous rule for the guidance of human conduct: "Live with thy inferiors as thou wouldst have thy superiors live with thee." The Christian Religion An Enquiry 2011-11-24T03:00:49.853Z Yet it remains that the chapters, with which his book on Clemency ends, are a Stoic protest against pity, and they can be re-inforced by a good deal in Epictetus. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Epictetus, as might be expected from his history, frequently recurs to the duty. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The little might be improved by extracts from Plato, Epictetus, and Buddhist scriptures, and even from those of Confucius. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z I remember how impressed I was by Epictetus's thoughts on death. Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy 2011-11-17T03:00:32.207Z Epictetus, eighteen hundred years ago.—The world has heard but forgotten the saying.—No, the world has not heard and not forgotten it: everything is not forgotten. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Everything with the Stoic turns on the individual. t� ep� soi, "the things in your own power," is the refrain of Epictetus' teaching. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Epictetus, whose austere creed rises to the purest monotheism, teaches as a fundamental religious maxim that every man in his devotions should “conform to the customs of his country.” History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The female in a morning jacket was sketched from the celebrated Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, the learned translator of Epictetus. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z With Epictetus he says "We should wish things to be as they are." Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z But we had not the necessary ear, the ear of Epictetus.—So he whispered it into his own ear?—Even so: wisdom is the whispering of the sage to himself in the crowded market-place. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z After all, more help was to be had from Lucretius than from Epictetus in ridding the mind of the paralysis of polytheism. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Every page of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius is impregnated with the deepest religious feeling. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Like a ray of sunlight this thought from Epictetus flashed across Julia's mind. Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z ‘Ypotis’ is Epictetus the Stoic philosopher, and the poem is derived from the old moralizing dialogue literature; it is related to the Anglo-Saxon dialogue of Solomon and Saturn. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Large allowances are to be made for the Greek in Plato, the Roman in Epictetus, before we can learn of them. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Epictetus is just as clear that we have been given all we need. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z In Epictetus we invariably find the strongest sense of the majesty of man. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Author of a translation of Epictetus and original poems. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z Poor indeed were Socrates, the reformer, and Epictetus, the slave, and Virgil, the poet. Right Living as a Fine Art A Study of Channing's Symphony as an Outline of the Ideal Life and Character 2011-07-12T02:00:36.983Z To my mind, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius contain nothing more frankly moral than La Petite Marquise. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Epictetus reminded his listener of the harmony of external nature, of flowers and moon and sun. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The only use the candle is to me, in the circumstances, is that it serves as an Epictetus lamp, enabling me to get some practice in stoicism. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z One must not, says Epictetus in his handbook, bewail that which lies not in our will, and the sad scene of Klopstock here is, in fact, an external thing, which thou canst not alter. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z Caudle is exercising those powers which Epictetus says that “God has given us by which we can keep ourselves calm and reposeful, as Socrates did, without change of face under the most trying circumstances.” Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Her 'Ode to Peace,' and that to Miss Carter, prefixed to Epictetus, were the first fruits of her muse. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady 2011-04-19T02:00:19.607Z Epictetus, had it been possible, I would have made both your little body and your little property free, and not exposed to hindrance.... The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z "The Pastoral Letter:"--"I want to get a glance or so at 'Epictetus on what Man has to endure,' could I find a moment of some sort of peace; don't disturb me." Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z His disciple Arrian collected his opinions, which are preserved in two treatises called the Discourses of Epictetus, and the Manual or Enchiridion. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z She raised citrons and limes, and even cultivated the wide spreading tamarind tree whose fruit was of such value to Epictetus, the physician of Greece, in cooling the fires of fever. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Sometimes as I dig the earth among my fruit-trees, the old, old earth, a sentence from Epictetus, or from Montaigne comes into my head, all at once luminous as I never saw it before. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z We can go and see Epictetus too.—Then you go away and say; Oh! The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z GOODMAN.—And so will I. As it is I constantly thank him for having permitted me, as Epictetus says, to contemplate for a period of some years this beautiful and glorious world. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Essentially classical in morality, extolling a temperance like that of Xenophon, Epictetus, Cicero, Socrates, and Aristotle, Franklin could not cheerily champion the moderns without serious reservations. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z I am not sure that that is quite true, for Epictetus, and even Epicurus, would have something to say on the other side. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The historical models to which Epictetus reverts are Diogenes and Socrates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z So writes Seneca of a friend of Lucilius and his fugitive thoughts of amendment, and Epictetus is no less emphatic on the crying need for earnestness. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Epictetus was a slave, but the equal of Marcus Aurelius in mind. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z What is more to our present purpose, Seneca, Pliny the elder, and Plutarch are altogether silent about Christianity; and perhaps Epictetus also, and the Emperor Marcus. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Recommends translations of classic and modern foreign authors, 85.Epictetus, the Greek stoic, 37.Empedocles on Etna, one of Matthew Arnold's finest poems, 32.Euripides, Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z What may be more surprising to some, he even did not hesitate to add that "Its moral precepts are equal to the best ever furnished by the great masters of morals--Epictetus or Marcus Aurelius." The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Yet Stoicism in Seneca and Epictetus had reached its zenith. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Marcus Aurelius, on the throne of Europe and two parts of our hemisphere, did not think otherwise than the slave Epictetus. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z "Yes," interposed Gibbon, "the ill-starred lady has translated Epictetus!" Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z And while he identified with the world-conquering ambitions of Napoleon, he was at heart a loner, who cherished the writings of Emerson, Shakespeare and the stoic philosopher Epictetus. Books of The Times: ?The Sugar King of Havana,? by John Paul Rathbone 2010-08-12T21:45:00Z "Open the 'Imitation,'" he says, "after having read the 'De Officiis' of Cicero or the 'Enchiridion' of Epictetus, and you will feel yourself transported into another world as in a moment." The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z God, says Epictetus, ordains "if you wish good, get it from yourself." The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Aurelius, on the throne of Europe and two parts of our hemisphere, did not think otherwise than the slave Epictetus. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z He owned classics like Epictetus, the Koran and the Bible, and kept up with contemporaries like H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Charles Darwin and Victor Hugo. In His Private Books, Signs of Mark Twain as Critic 2010-04-19T01:27:00Z In the pages of Epictetus the same ideal is constantly held up to us. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" We must show them as much respect as Antony and Cleopatra, or Epictetus and Luella!” The Idyl of Twin Fires The very children played at being gladiators, Epictetus said—"sometimes athletes, now monomachi, now trumpeters." The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z When young, Arrian was the pupil and friend of Epictetus, who had probably withdrawn to Nicopolis, when Domitian expelled all philosophers from Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" It is more surprising to find so detached a mind as Epictetus recognising in some sort the power of divination. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He paused a small while and cast his eye over an open book that lay beside him on the table, and I knew it to be the "Discourses of Epictetus." Idonia: A Romance of Old London He was first a priest of Ceres; but at Rome he became a disciple of Epictetus, was honoured with the citizenship of Rome, and was advanced to the senatorial and even consular dignities. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli I Epictetus was a slave while here, Deformed in body, and like Irus poor, Yet to the gods immortal I was dear. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The school attracted many adherents, and flourished for many centuries, not only in Greece, but later in Rome, where the most thoughtful writers, such as Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus, counted themselves among its followers. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy It is enough for the profoundly religious spirit of Epictetus that God calls us; whither He calls us must be left to His will. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Epictetus was throughout his career a thoroughly “archaic” artist, but a considerable advance was 719 made by Cachrylion, who stands on the verge of the succeeding stage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Men do not thus strive to prove that Shakespeare was a mere man, or that Socrates or Epictetus was a mere man. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I He translated, not merely Epictetus, which may be regarded as part of his ethical work, but numerous speeches of the Greek and Latin orators. A Short History of French Literature Its so-called philosophers, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, Lucretius, produced no essentially new principle. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Galen the physician shows a similar detachment from the ordinary hopes of humanity as to a future life, although it springs from a very different environment and training from those of Epictetus. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Of these two authors, Epictetus has the more nerve, spirit, and wit, together with that exquisite homeliness which Thoreau rightly named "a high art"; while Antoninus is characterized by more of tenderness, culture, and breadth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 "And," he added, laughing, "the old philosopher, Epictetus, has designated 'asking the right questions and exercising forbearance' as the very essence of philosophy." Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Its leaders studied Plato, Seneca, Epictetus, Plutarch, among the classic authors, and De Wette, Hegel, Kant, and Fichte, among the prophets of modern thought. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) From this point of view such men as Napoleon, Machiavelli, Epictetus, Leo XIII, Bismarck, Voltaire, Anatole France, are typical intellectuals. The Intelligence of Woman At any rate the fact remains that M. Aurelius on this question is as submissive as Epictetus, as hesitating as Galen. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It is, indeed, astonishing how modern Epictetus seems in this version. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 And to be read herself she need not fear; Each test and every light her Muse will bear, Though Epictetus with his lamp were there. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 A year later she mentions studying "Madame de Sta�l, Epictetus, Milton, Racine, and Castilian ballads, with great delight." Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) The prayer of Epictetus was: "Do with me what thou wilt: my will is thy will: I appeal not against thy judgments." The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance “What else can I do,” says Epictetus, “a lame old man, than sing His praise, and exhort all men to join in the same song?” Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius In the case of Epictetus it must have been original. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 It is impossible to rise from reading Epictetus or Marcus Aurelius without a sense of constraint and melancholy, without feeling that the burden laid upon man is well-nigh greater than he can bear. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse Tea, Epictetus well says, involves the most serious conceptions of one's privileges and duties. The "Genius" No. Have you forgotten the definition of Epictetus? Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The fragments of his teaching in Stobaeus are probably drawn from notes of his lectures, as the teaching of Epictetus has been preserved by Arrian. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Epictetus, equally simple, equally direct with Marcus Aurelius, comes, however, already adorned with a certain humor which now and then sparkles through his serious pages. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy The sentences of Seneca are stimulating to the intellect; the sentences of Epictetus are fortifying to the character; the sentences of Marcus Aurelius find their way to the soul. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse M. Aurelius Antoninus, the emperor, did not hesitate to acknowledge his thankfulness to Epictetus, the slave, in his attempt to guide his life according to the principles of the Stoics. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition In every collision between authority and conscience they preferred the inner to the outer guide; and, in the words of Epictetus, regarded the laws of the gods, not the wretched laws of the dead. The History of Freedom He was, according to Epictetus, a searching preacher. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Sir: Socrates and Epictetus did not learn Greek at 81—they were Greeks. The So-called Human Race "I, Epictetus, was a slave; and sick in body, and wretched in poverty; and beloved by the gods." A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing Of a far higher grade was Epictetus, at once a slave and a philosopher, though scarcely to be classed as a true Stoic. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Justice preached by Hebrew prophets, charity and purity taught by Jesus of Nazareth, fortitude recommended by Epictetus and Aurelius, none of these great messages to men necessarily produce that special response which we call Art. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion Epictetus, like the pious Hebrew of many of the Psalms, seems to be satisfied with the present vision of God, whether or not there be any fuller vision beyond the veil. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius There’s the true philosopher, though a slave; more outspoken than Æsop, more practical than Epictetus.” Callista : a Tale of the Third Century I am a philosopher, and at the moment you first beheld me I was engaged in a heated controversy with Epictetus, whose Discourses I hold in my hand. Claim Number One Were the morals of Epictetus or the morals of Part V of the Anthology most near to those of real life among respectable persons? Five Stages of Greek Religion Epictetus, the great Stoic philosopher, who had himself been a slave, taught the loftiest morality. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Epictetus is an example of a profoundly religious mind, to whom personal immortality is not a necessity of his religion. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Epictetus taught that no one could be the highest type of philosopher unless in exuberant health. Rural Hygiene “And Epictetus: ‘Were you to blame for the disease which cut them off? Claim Number One Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius declared themselves citizens of the world. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war It is idle to pretend, as Professor Schmidt of Strasburg does, that the ideas of Epictetus are "colored with a reflection of Christianity." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) We often miss the austere and simple seriousness of Epictetus, the cultivated serenity and the calm clear-sighted resignation of Marcus Aurelius. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius A few days before he burned his peddling-box, he had read Epictetus. The Book of Khalid There’s a page doubled down in Epictetus that is a feast for an emperor.—Jer. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual Everything, saith Epictetus, hath two handles,—the one to be held by, the other not. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature To die here might seem, one would think, more like re-entering into the world's outer existence, returning, as Epictetus has it, _where one is wanted_. The Spirit of Rome Musonius, his younger contemporary, and Epictetus, the pupil of Musonius, were engaged in the same cure of souls, and taught practically the same philosophic gospel. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius I will be a slave, even like Epictetus.” The Book of Khalid Was Epictetus a real cook, or did he only write receipts?” The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual The Stoic phase was a useful stage on the road of convalescence, and the majestic words of Epictetus more helpful to a manlier bearing than the confessions of the saintliest souls. Apologia Diffidentis This must be confessed by any one who reads the "Enchiridion" of Epictetus, and the "Meditations" of Aurelius. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Musonius and Epictetus were probably loftier and more blameless characters than Seneca. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Surely there was truth and sincerity in the worship of Socrates, of Epictetus, of Marcus Aurelius. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions He became Pascal’s spiritual director, and held with him the famous conversation on Epictetus and Montaigne. Pascal He told him how the great Epictetus, when in slavery, had a master whose favorite amusement was pinching his leg, which, as the amusement ended in breaking that limb, was worse than the stocks. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 We have seen that the moral idea in Socrates, Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Seneca rose to a sublime height, and that, under its influence, they developed a noble and heroic character. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles On the other hand, M. Aurelius, by nature as detached as Epictetus, might refuse to follow the transcendental counsels of Chrysippus and Seneca. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "Our duty," writes the philosopher Epictetus at the end of the first century, "is to follow God, ... to be of one mind with Him, to devote ourselves to the performance of His commands." An Introduction to the History of Western Europe Pascal told him that the two books most familiar to him were Epictetus and Montaigne, and he lavished great praise on both. Pascal The stoics Epictetus and Aurelius call the present state 'a soul which draws a carcass'—a heavy chain, to be sure, but all chains, being material, may be shaken off. My Recollections of Lord Byron The Hymn of Cleanthes sheds some light on their Theology, and their moral principles are exhibited in "The Fragments" of Epictetus, and "The Life and Meditations" of Marcus Aurelius. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The later Stoicism, as we have seen, like the other schools, tended to neglect theory, in the effort to form the virtuous character—a tendency which is seen at its height in Musonius and Epictetus. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius “A philosopher, when smitten, must love those who smite him, as if he were the father, the brother, of all men,” said Epictetus. The Sympathy of Religions Various additional p. 160fragments were brought to light, especially the famous conversation between De Saci and Pascal regarding Epictetus and Montaigne; but the form of the fragments remained unchanged. Pascal The like faith of the Stoics makes of no account the difference of fortune between Marcus the emperor and Epictetus the slave. The Approach to Philosophy In Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius this spirit seems to rise almost to the grandeur of Christian resignation. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The true, earnest Cynic seems to be almost the philosophic ideal of Epictetus. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius This day itself was anxious enough, nor could all of Epictetus teach me calm philosophy, distracted as I was over this situation, complex as it was. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive He takes Epictetus as the representative of the one; Montaigne as the representative of the other. Pascal But we may, as Epictetus suggests, say, "Appearances, wait for me a little; let me see who you are and what you are about, and put you to the test." The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement "Stoical morality, strictly speaking, is, at bottom, only a slavish morality, excellent in Epictetus; admirable still, but useless to the world, in Marcus Aurelius." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles So, Epictetus asks, What do I care whether all things are composed of atoms or similar parts or of fire or earth? Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Hastily I dropped Epictetus and my cigar, and hurried aft. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Epictetus asks also, Why are we not annoyed if any one tells us that we are unwell in the head, and yet are angry if they tell us that we reason falsely or choose unwisely? Pascal Thus Epictetus says: "If I study philosophy with a view only to its literature, I am not a philosopher, but a littérateur; the only difference is that I interpret Chrysippus instead of Homer." The Basis of Early Christian Theism Cicero, in his Offices, and those excellent philosophers, Epictetus and Marcus Antoninus, in their works, which seem to be the best moral treatises pagan antiquity has left us, go upon this scheme. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Seneca and Epictetus and Lucian and M. Aurelius all alike give a gloomy picture of the moral condition of the masses. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius My cigar was excellent, I had my copy of Epictetus at hand, and all seemed well with the world save one thing. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive And what is the good of knowing about Epictetus and Zeno and the rest if you've got rheumatism? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 The child knew the letter E, and, with a good deal of help, made out, at last, Epictetus. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance ‘For men,’ says Epictetus, ‘are disturbed not by things themselves, but by their opinions or thoughts concerning those things.’ Romola To serious moralists like Seneca, Musonius, Plutarch, and Epictetus the showy professor of the art of arts was an offence. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius “My friend, I counsel you to read Epictetus—and while you are at that,” I added, “I suggest you read also that other classic, the one known as The Pirate’s Own Book.” The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive When he has finished that quotation he'll blow his nose and give me the piece out of Epictetus about the 'price of tranquillity.' Lalage's Lovers This thought entered Aimée’s mind when she saw him, busy as he was, carefully pocket the Epictetus he had been reading the night before. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance For, on further consideration, it is not Cicero only, or Epictetus only, that would suffer under this law of Christianity viewed in its reagency, but also Abraham, David, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Hezekiah. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Epictetus especially, from the range and simple attractiveness of his teaching, might seem to many a better representative of the philosophic director than Seneca. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Renan said at the dedication of The Hague monument to Spinoza, "Since the days of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius we have not seen a life so profoundly filled with the sentiment of the divine." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 He was a Georgian Epictetus with a dash of Gallicized grace about him. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II It was at this time that he had acquired the power of reading enough to seek for books; and the books that he had got hold of were Epictetus, and some fragments of Fénélon. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance At this time, while he was revolving the nebulous "Commedia" in his mind, he read Cicero's "Essay on Friendship," and dived deep into the philosophy of Epictetus and Plato. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers He has little sympathy with philosophers like Epictetus, who would sink the interests of everyday politics in the larger life of the universal commonwealth of humanity. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Socrates and Aristotle, Cicero and Epictetus had a theistic religion; Greece and Rome had none. Natural Law in the Spiritual World There had been a good deal of the spirit of the classic philosopher about him—the school of Epictetus, not the school of Aristotle or Plato. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II Lady Mary Wortley Montagu had considered it necessary to apologize for having translated Epictetus. Mary Wollstonecraft For persons with a taste for antique moralizing, the sayings of Plato, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius had here, so to speak, been set to time. With The Eyes Shut 1898 Like Epictetus and M. Aurelius, Seneca is often far more emotional, we may say, far more modern, than his professed creed. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Every matter, says Epictetus, has two handles, and you can choose which handle you will take. Men in the Making Thirteen miles away, at Hierapolis, was growing into manhood the slave Epictetus, who later on will set out some of the most noble and lofty of pagan thoughts. The Books of the New Testament Differences of time, race, civilization, are powerless to prevent our intimate friendship and reverence for Homer, Sophocles, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Lucretius, Epictetus. The Chief End of Man Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius often seem to be half Christian. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Probably Seneca and Epictetus, had they been interrogated, would have loyally resolved their most rapturous and devout language into the cold terms of Stoic orthodoxy. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Epictetus told his pupils that men were loath to admit any fault that they held to be really blameworthy: Some things men readily confess, and other things they do not. The Moral Economy The writings of Epictetus, Aurelius, and Seneca approach in moral sublimity and searching self-analysis the New Testament Scriptures. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics Already in Lucretius, and now again in Epictetus, we have passed from the Greek into the Roman world. The Chief End of Man It is better for the temper than a chapter of Seneca or Epictetus. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century Hardly less striking is the warmth of devout feeling which suffuses the moral teaching of Epictetus and M. Aurelius. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius There is a chapter in the Discourses of Epictetus, entitled: "To or against those who obstinately Persist in what they have determined." The Moral Economy In another, written to an Egyptian bishop, he seems to refer to the very epistle to Epictetus noticed above, expressing his approbation of it. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Though Epictetus continually appeals to reason, his basal word is to the will. The Chief End of Man Do me the favour to point out to me a few of those passages where in poetry he approaches the spirit of Aristophanes, or where in morals he comes up to Epictetus. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection But it developed in minds like Epictetus and Seneca a profound spiritual meaning; it tapped the source of all real religion. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But in either case the diagnosis of Epictetus goes to the root of the evil. The Moral Economy The largeness of Plutarch's treatises is a great cause of his being neglected, while Longinus and Epictetus, in their pamphlet Remains, are every one's companions. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 But Epictetus himself is one of the great souls who are not to be described by the label of any creed. The Chief End of Man Epictetus, I desired your master, Epaphroditus, to send you hither, having been much pleased with his report of your conduct, and much surprised at the ingenuity of your writings. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Epictetus, on the other hand, and Aristides expatiate with rapture on the universal security and wellbeing, due to the disappearance of brigandage, piracy, and war. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The wise fool is, as Epictetus says, more intractable than the aimless and unwitting fool; because there is substance to his folly. The Moral Economy Ellis Walker.—Can any reader of "N. & Q." give any information as to Ellis Walker, who made a Poetical Paraphrase of the Enchiridion of Epictetus? Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. In Epictetus is always the note of reality and of victory. The Chief End of Man You have great need, Epictetus, of an instructor in eloquence and rhetoric: you want topics, and tropes, and figures. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection When one's comfort is thus bound up in fire-boy and washerwoman, alas! what will become of the grand philosophy of Epictetus? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 The readers who do not know the Concord philosopher Emerson, and the great names of antiquity, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Plato, have yet great pleasures to come. Pushing to the Front He dedicates it to "his honoured uncle, Mr. Samuel Walker of York," and speaks of having taken Epictetus for his companion when he fled from the "present troubles in Ireland." Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Epictetus, compared with Plato, is the warrior philosopher beside the seeing philosopher. The Chief End of Man Your early youth, Epictetus, has been, I will not say neglected, but cultivated with rude instruments and unskilful hands. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection He had diligently studied both Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus; he was enthusiastic, to others, about the merit of these two expert daily philosophers; but what had they done for him? Clayhanger Epictetus has been valued not alone as an exposition of the Stoic philosophy, but as a specimen of Greek of the later or Silver Age. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece A free paraphrase of the Discourses of Epictetus, bk. iv, vii, 6-11. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois Epictetus expresses this in the constant tone of heroism and victory. The Chief End of Man The subject bulks largely in the works of Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Cicero. Friendship Epictetus, one of the ablest of the Stoic philosophers, was a slave. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Marcus Aurelius, who in a later generation wrote in Greek himself, is said to have ranked Epictetus with Socrates as a teacher. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Adapted and expanded from the Discourses of Epictetus, bk. iv, i, 25. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois In Epictetus man reverts from the problem of the universe to the problem of the soul. The Chief End of Man He says elsewhere: ‘The Enchiridion of Epictetus I had ever with me, often as my sole rational companion; and regret to mention that the nourishment it yielded was trifling.’ Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History He fled from thence in the troublesome reign of King James II., and lived with an uncle at York, where he translated Epictetus into verse. Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Epictetus, a slave, won as complete inward freedom as Marcus Aurelius, an emperor. Girls and Women This passage is based upon the Discourses of Epictetus, bk. iv, vii, 13, which, however, Chapman completely misinterprets. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois Epictetus was the consummate expression of that Stoic philosophy in which were blended the clearness of Greek thought and the austerity of the best Roman life. The Chief End of Man Had the followers of the moralist Epictetus or the Rabbi Hillel written lives of these two teachers they would be quite similar to the reputed life of Jesus. The Necessity of Atheism His Marcus Aurelius is his best-known work, but his edition of Cicero's Orations, his discourse on Roman Law, and his Epictetus also stand alone. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions One of his friends bought for him a little volume containing a translation from the Greek philosopher Epictetus, a work full of wise maxims about life and duty. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money The portraiture of Clermont throughout the play as the high-souled philosopher is inspired by Epictetus's delineation in his Discourses of the ideal Stoic. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois This was what fired the common heart of mankind as not the wisdom of Plato nor the nobility of Epictetus had touched it. The Chief End of Man All philosophers, and among them the virtuous Epictetus, were banished from Rome. A Smaller History of Rome In this idea man's need of redemption is acknowledged, though not to the same extent as by Seneca and Epictetus. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) One may get his chief help from the Bible, from faith-healing cults, from writers like Emerson, from Tagore and other Orientals, or from Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus. How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Mysteries, opinions of Plato and Epictetus as to the objects of the, 353-u. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Even as an ideal, this transcends the philosophy of Epictetus, and outshines the vision of Plato. The Chief End of Man Epictetus wrote, "It would be a curse upon ears of corn not to be reaped; and we ought to know that it would be a curse upon man not to die." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Dinky-Dunk has just pinned a piece of paper on my door; it is a sentence from Epictetus. The Prairie Wife The gaudy shelves with crimson bindings glow, And Epictetus is a perfect beau. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Epictetus said, "whatever is met with therein has been instituted by our Masters, for the instruction of man and the correction of morals." Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Epictetus gives the heaven of the conscience, Jesus of the heart, Emerson of the intellect. The Chief End of Man I read the works of Epictetus at this time, and my faith in God and immortality, and my love of virtue too, were strengthened by his reasonings. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Plato and Epictetus and Plutarch and Seneca and Marcus Aurelius urged these maxims as forcibly as Christ did. The War and the Churches After him come men still more worthy of respect, but whom one almost despairs of imitating; Epictetus in bondage, the Antonines and the Julians on the throne. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Some here, surely, have read Epictetus, the heathen whose thought most exactly coincides with that of the Psalmist. Westminster Sermons with a Preface This is one of the fundamental ideas of Epictetus. The Chief End of Man I read much in Plato and Aristotle, Cicero and Seneca, for a time, and then in Plutarch, M. A. Antonine, and Epictetus. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Such men as Socrates, Plato, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius had by the natural light of reason a knowledge of what their nature required of them. Life of Father Hecker Their example, however, infused some slight ardour into the established pulpit, and its sermons were no longer dull rechauffes of Epictetus, and substitutes for the Gospel, taken from the schoolboy recollections of Plato. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Had Epictetus seen the way perfectly, he would have said to men, "You follow a wrong road"; he shows that there is another, but he does not lead to it. Pascal's Pensées God, says Epictetus, has made me his witness to men. The Chief End of Man The works of Epictetus, with the comments of Simplicius, proved exceedingly profitable. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story No one can read the wonderful sayings of Seneca, Epictetus, or Marcus Aurelius, without being impressed, abashed perhaps, by their grandeur. Among Famous Books I believe you have never read the works of Epictetus, who says, 'true education lies in learning to distinguish what is ours, from what does not belong to us.' Autumn If we compare him unfavorably with Epictetus, we must remember that the latter was obscure enough to be ignored. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Rome is full of warring cults, Greek, African, Babylonian, Buddhistic; the writings of the great teachers, the masters, Heraclitus, Zeno, Anaxagoras, Plato, Socrates, Epictetus, Seneca, are overlaid with heretical emendations. Visionaries I was especially fond of Cicero, Seneca, and Epictetus. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story The philosopher Epictetus, who was a slave, had had his ankle fractured in this way by his master. History Of Ancient Civilization It is Homer and Epictetus and Sophocles who “prop his mind;” the immortal air which the poet breathes is “Where Orpheus and where Homer are;” and he addresses “Fausta” and “Critias.” The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art Ten thousand a-year, or ten million a-year, as Epictetus saw full well, cannot mend that vulgar discontent with circumstances, which he had felt—and who with more right?—and conquered, and despised. Health and Education When evening waned he would turn to Epictetus, and then to a well-thumbed New Testament. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. Like Socrates and Epictetus, he wrote nothing himself. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 It occurs in the Encheiridion, or manual, a work put together by a pupil of Epictetus. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson They excelled too in science, insomuch as to be usually employed as tutors to their master's children; Epictetus, Terence and Phædrus, were slaves,—but they were of the race of whites. Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America Away, old Epictetus, about your business, and leave your musty morals, or I shall— Gerv. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Look beyond Antonius, and terminate not thy morals in Seneca or Epictetus. Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation Let a just view be taken of the moral principles inculcated by the most esteemed of the sects of ancient philosophy, or of their individuals; particularly Pythagoras, Socrates, Epicurus, Cicero, Epictetus, Seneca, Antoninus. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 No. The law of humanism, of Confucius and Buddha and Epictetus and Aurelius? Preaching and Paganism But nets of roses catch their feet, and a path, where all the senses are flattered, is now opened to win an Epictetus from his hut. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions The word has also other significations in Epictetus. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Be a moralist of the mount, an Epictetus in the faith, and christianise thy notions. Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation He is always quoting Epictetus to me: 'Were I a nightingale I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.' The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware The stoics, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, call the present state 'a soul which drags a carcass,'—a heavy chain, to be sure, but all chains being material may be shaken off. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals We have it in our power, as Epictetus tells us, to be the gold on the garment of Life, and not the mere stuff of which Fate weaves it. Stray Thoughts for Girls Angelo Poliziano met with two very inaccurate and incomplete manuscripts of Epictetus' Enchiridion, which he translated into Latin and dedicated to his great patron Lorenzo de' Medici, in whose collection he had found the book. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Epictetus declared that the philosopher could have no will but that of the deity; he never blames fate or fortune, for he knows that no real evil can befall the just man. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology A slave may be dragged through the streets in chains, and yet retain the quiet soul of a philosopher, as was well seen in the person of Epictetus. Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold Nay, were they not put into the mouth of a criminal cynic, they would not seem unworthy of Epictetus. The Age of Shakespeare Where are Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus or all the other Harold Bell Wrights of old time? Shandygaff Epictetus and Antoninus have had readers ever since they were first printed. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus The names of Seneca, Epictetus, and Aurelius Antoninus gave dignity, if they could not bring safety, to the declining religion of Rome. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology It expresses a conviction reached by Plato and Aristotle, by Seneca and Epictetus, and is a truth proclaimed by Old Testament prophets and New Testament saints. Exposition of the Apostles Creed He taught me to read an author carefully, and gave me a copy of Epictetus. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy And yet, a strange paradox—I am a convinced Stoic and almost confine my reading to Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and the 'Imitation.' Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Epictetus may have been a hearer of C. Musonius Rufus, while he was still a slave, but he could hardly have been a teacher before he was made free. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus We may observe in this and several other precepts in this author, those little familiar instances and illustrations which are so much admired in the moral writings of Horace and Epictetus. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Suetonius, Pliny, Adrian, possibly Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, casually mention some people called Christians. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History He is chiefly of note, however, as the Boswell of Epictetus. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius could no more be justified by their personal character, than Saul of Tarsus could be. Sermons to the Natural Man There is also an English translation of Epictetus by Mrs. Carter. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus If anything, it was, as Epictetus might have said, but a tavern by the way-side in which he took occasion to find the means by which the better to attain his goal. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer "If you have quite made up your mind to have a crown," said Epictetus, "take a crown of roses, for it is more beautiful." The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala The Stoic philosopher Epictetus was born about 50 A.D., at Hierapolis, in Phrygia, at that time a Roman province of Asia Minor, and was at first a slave in Rome. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy In the writings of the revered Epictetus he found severe condemnation of the Christians as fanatics. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Epictetus wanted little, and it seems that he always had the little that he wanted and he was content with it, as he had been with his servile station! Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Epictetus advises to deal mildly with a man that hurts us either by word or deed; and advises it upon the following very remarkable ground. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics "Write your name in a prayer," said Epictetus, "and it will remain after you." The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala Epictetus is grosser; he will call you a blockhead as soon as look at you; he is witty, he is even humorous, and he never wanders far away from the incidents of daily life. The Human Machine This, we think, can hardly be decided by a quotation from Epictetus. Cock Lane and Common-Sense In Seneca certainly, and perhaps something of it in Epictetus; but it is not in Antoninus. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus We have no Epicurean writer on Philosophy except Inicretius; whereas respecting the Stoical creed under the Roman Empire, the important writings of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Antoninus, afford most valuable evidence. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Arnold's chief guides for life are, then, these: two Greek poets, Sophocles and Homer; two ancient philosophers, Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus; two modern poets, Goethe and Wordsworth. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold But the two which, for me, stand out easily above all the rest are Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Epictetus. The Human Machine The essence of Cavour's theology and morality is expressed in two sayings of Epictetus. Cavour But εἶδος is used by Epictetus and Antoninus less exactly and as a general term, like genus. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus A distinction was taken by Epictetus and other Stoics between things in our power and things not in our power. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics From the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and from the slave Epictetus alike, Arnold learned to look within for "the aids to noble life." Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold But as a practical 'Bradshaw' of existence, I would put the discourses of Epictetus before M. Aurelius. The Human Machine N. of Laodicea; the birthplace of Epictetus, and where Paul founded a church; was celebrated for its hot springs. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge It is often used by Epictetus in the same sense as ὕλη. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus According to Epictetus, God is the father of men; Antoninus exults in the beautiful arrangement of all things. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics The Discourses and the Manual of Epictetus, the Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius, the Dialogues of Plato, and the kindred words of wisdom of the ancients, are indeed full of inspiration to earnest natures. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible A finer soul than Epictetus, he is not, in my view, so useful a companion. The Human Machine Your Seneca's, your Epictetus's, and the rest of your stoical tribe, with all their apathy nonsense, could not come up to this. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 I am studying Madame de Staël, Epictetus, Milton, Racine, and the Castilian ballads, with great delight.... Lives of Girls Who Became Famous Epictetus puts people on their guard against humanity and compassion. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Panaetius, the founder of Roman stoicism, maintained that the soul perished with the body, and his opinion was followed by Epictetus and Cornutus. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice And Epictetus had come to the same conclusion before M. Aurelius, and Plato before Epictetus. The Human Machine They have no place in that nobler literature, from Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius downwards, which lights up the young soul with generous aims, and fires it with the love of all excellence. Studies in Literature Passages from Seneca, from Epictetus, from Marcus Aurelius, sound even now like fragments of the inspired writings. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers He left me, like Churchill's Scotch lassie, "pleased, but hungry"; and I found, as Valentine did in Congreve's "Love for Love," "a page doubled down in Epictetus which was a feast for an emperor." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 His thought, which was not distinguished by clearness, but by depth and movement, and which, after the French fashion, delighted in antitheses, was influenced by Descartes, Montaigne, and Epictetus. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time His present editor compares him with Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Bacon—great names, but gnomic philosophers rather than authors of maxims proper. Essays in Rebellion Epictetus makes use of another kind of Allusion, which is very beautiful, and wonderfully proper to incline us to be satisfied with the Post in which Providence has placed us. The Spectator, Volume 2. Epictetus, we can no longer endure being chained to this wretched body, giving food and drink and rest and purification: aye, and for its sake forced to be subservient to this man and that. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus The maxim of Epictetus in the "Enchiridion," "Never preach how others ought to eat, but eat you as becomes you," seemed to be his rule. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Good Heaven!" says Epictetus, "any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence, to a humble and grateful mind. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature The stoics, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, call the present state 'a soul which drags a carcass,'—a heavy chain, to be sure; but all chains being material may be shaken off. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 The holy mission was his, to dole out salutary documents of reproof, and apothegms of Epictetus; and to try whether he could not release the bird-limed owl. Anna St. Ives It is not Epictetus that has told me these things: how indeed should he? The Golden Sayings of Epictetus A man must have Virtue in him, before he will enter upon the reading of a Seneca or an Epictetus. The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays This terse stabbing rhetoric is characteristic of Stoicism; the same short, jerky sentences reappear in Epictetus. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal I question whether reading Seneca, or Epictetus, or any moral or philosophic writer, living or dead, would have as effectually medicined my mind. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 My old friend, Mrs. Carter, could make a pudding as well as translate Epictetus.' Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 "Epictetus, I have often come desiring to hear you speak, and you have never given me any answer; now if possible, I entreat you, say something to me." The Golden Sayings of Epictetus Musonius was, indeed, hardly more Roman than his own most illustrious pupil, the Phrygian Epictetus. Latin Literature Most of his discourses, like those of Epictetus and the ancient peripatetics, have left no record remaining—they were extempore, and those were not the times of reporters. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy "Ask those who have been in love," says Epictetus, "they will know that I speak the truth." An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition No, no, said Epictetus, I do not use in my almsgiving to bestow farthings. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 "Is there, do you think," replied Epictetus, "an art of speaking as of other things, if it is to be done skilfully and with profit to the hearer?" The Golden Sayings of Epictetus Now let us compare Jehovah to Epictetus—a man to whom no revelation was ever made—a man to whom this God did not appear. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. One realized what grip there might have been in such words-of-mouth talk as that of Socrates and Epictetus. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Epictetus, appealing to a master on behalf of his slaves, asked: "Wilt thou not remember over whom thou rulest, that they are thy relations, thy brethren by nature, the offspring of Zeus?" The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day I saw Epictetus there, most gallantly apparelled after the French fashion, sitting under a pleasant arbour, with store of handsome gentlewomen, frolicking, drinking, dancing, and making good cheer, with abundance of crowns of the sun. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 Then you will say, "Yes, I met Epictetus!" The Golden Sayings of Epictetus On the subject of liberty is not Epictetus a better authority than Jehovah, who told the Jews to make bondsmen and bondswomen of the heathen round about? Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. Epictetus takes the same line: "If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault; for God has made all men to be happy." The Pleasures of Life Epictetus gives directions for the trimming of the beard in a tone as serious as if he were speaking of the summum bonum. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius This passage of the Apology, in a condensed form, is adopted by Epictetus as one of the watchwords of Stoicism. Guide to Stoicism That," said Epictetus, "is for you to consider, not for me. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus And yet Epictetus, whom I have already quoted, said: "Treat those in thy power as thou wouldst have thy superiors treat thee." Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. Epictetus was a poor slave, and yet how much we owe him! The Pleasures of Life Favorinus, Epictetus, M. Aurelius himself, all wrote and generally spoke in it. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius It was possible for the slave to rise in soul above his circumstances and be a philosopher in bondage like Epictetus, but the hireling could not scorn the bonds he sought. Equality "Epictetus," he replied, "if ever you find me setting as much as one foot within the Court, think what you will of me." The Golden Sayings of Epictetus Epictetus said: "What is more delightful than to be so dear to your wife as to be on her account dearer even to yourself?" Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace; content, as Epictetus says, "with that which happens, for what God chooses is better than what I choose." The Pleasures of Life Epictetus and Aurelius make the two altogether identical. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius It was the manual of that slave among slaves, that noble among the free, Epictetus. The Marquis of Lossie Asked how a man might eat acceptably to the Gods, Epictetus replied:—If when he eats, he can be just, cheerful, equable, temperate, and orderly, can he not thus eat acceptably to the Gods? The Golden Sayings of Epictetus “You are a philosopher, madam; that sentiment is worthy of Epictetus.” Pages from a Journal with Other Papers At the head of all non-Christian moralists, I must place the Enchiridion of Epictetus, certainly one of the noblest books in the whole of literature; it has, moreover, been admirably translated. The Pleasures of Life The old Romans avoided him, and his great successors in philosophy, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, never even mention his name. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius It was not Greek he cared for, but Epictetus. The Marquis of Lossie "The question at stake," said Epictetus, "is no common one; it is this:—Are we in our senses, or are we not?" The Golden Sayings of Epictetus Your Epictetus has been studied to some purpose.” Pages from a Journal with Other Papers Epictetus described himself as "a spirit bearing about a corpse." The Pleasures of Life If Seneca sought for EASE, the grand aim of Epictetus was FREEDOM, of Marcus Aurelius was SELF-GOVERNMENT. Seekers after God Then she told her about Richmond Park and Lord Liftore and Epictetus. The Marquis of Lossie Not so, you think; this is only a flying visit; while we are hiring the ship, we can see Epictetus too! The Golden Sayings of Epictetus “I have read Epictetus in Mrs. Carter’s translation.” Pages from a Journal with Other Papers "I am a soul," said Epictetus, "dragging about a corpse." The Pleasures of Life "I told you that you would break it," said Epictetus quietly, not giving vent to his anguish by a single word or a single groan. Seekers after God "Epictetus was a Cynic, a very cruel man: he broke his slave's leg once, I remember." The Marquis of Lossie Then on leaving you cry, "Out on Epictetus for a worthless fellow, provincial and barbarous of speech!" The Golden Sayings of Epictetus It is now nearly an insult to add, that she translated Epictetus, and contributed Nos. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes As Epictetus says, Men are not influenced by things, but by their thoughts about things. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life I have already told the anecdote about Agrippinus by which Epictetus admiringly shows that no extreme of necessary misfortune could wring from the true Stoic a single expression of indignation or of sorrow. Seekers after God On the way she said suddenly to the earl, "Can you tell me, Liftore, who Epictetus was?" The Marquis of Lossie Grant me a republic of wise men, answered Epictetus, and perhaps none will lightly take the Cynic life upon him. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus He is one of those that valued Epictetus's lamp above the excellent book he wrote by it. Character Writings of the 17th Century Very fine is Epictetus,—but wilt he be your bail? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 When we have mentioned Socrates, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, I hardly know of another. Seekers after God "Because," she answered, "I left my groom sitting on his horse's head reading Epictetus." The Marquis of Lossie Asked how a man should best grieve his enemy, Epictetus replied, "By setting himself to live the noblest life himself." The Golden Sayings of Epictetus Some writers assume that Epictetus was manumitted by his master, but I can find no evidence for this statement. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion We shall add also the Lyrick Poetry of Alcman, which is no servile composition; the sublime Morals of Epictetus, and the incomparable comedies of Terence. An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions But Epictetus is particularly in earnest about warning us that to profess these principles and talk about them is one thing--to act up to them quite another. Seekers after God It's not every one who can read Greek that can understand Epictetus. The Marquis of Lossie My only intention in presenting it, is to ask your lordship whether I have understood Epictetus? Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) We may conclude that Epictetus in some way obtained his freedom, and that he began to teach at Rome; but after the expulsion of the philosophers from Rome by Domitian, A.D. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion Epictetus lived in a miserable cottage with only a straw pallet and a single lamp. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity Epictetus showed that a Phrygian slave could live a life of the loftiest exaltation; Aurelius proved that a Roman Emperor could live a life of the deepest humility. Seekers after God On this point Moses, or even Epictetus, is a greater authority than Goethe. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets She had literary aspirations, and just after her twenty-first birthday she submitted to Burnet, with the following letter, a translation of "Encheiridion" of Epictetus from the Latin version. Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) Epictetus opened a school or lecture room at Nicopolis, where he taught till he was an old man. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion The "Meditations" of Marcus Aurelius; Epictetus should be read in connection. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity Of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius we shall have very little to say by way of summary, for they show no inconsistencies and very few of the imperfections which characterise Seneca's ideal of the Stoic philosophy. Seekers after God Confucius, Socrates, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius declared the same truths, but not so impressively. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets Some of the greatest men of antiquity are numbered among them,--like Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Schweighaeuser observes that Photius had not seen these works of Arrian on Epictetus, for so he concludes from the brief notice of these works by Photius. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion If poverty and pain were nothing to Epictetus, so grandeur and power and luxury should be nothing to him,--both alike being merely outward things, like the clothes which cover a man. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity What did Epaphroditus do?" asks Epictetus; "did he laugh at the man as we did? Seekers after God “Avoid swearing, if you can, wholly,” said Epictetus. Sermons on Evil-Speaking If anybody advanced philosophy among the Romans it was Epictetus, and even he only in the realm of ethics. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations The conclusion is that we are not certain that there was a work of Arrian entitled "The Conversations of Epictetus." A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion When we consider his circumstances and temptations, as the supreme master of a vast Empire, and in a wicked and sensual age, he is a greater moral phenomenon than Socrates or Epictetus. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity The wisdom and beauty of these fragments will interest the reader, for Epictetus was one of the few "in the very dust of whose thoughts was gold." Seekers after God "I had a good lesson of French this morning, and read much in Epictetus." Excellent Women The greatest light among the Romans was the Phrygian slave Epictetus, who was born about fifty years after the birth of Jesus Christ, and taught in the time of the Emperor Domitian. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations The reader then will find that he cannot always understand Epictetus, if he does not read him very carefully, and some passages more than once. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion The master of Epictetus, himself a scholar and philosopher, broke wantonly the leg of his illustrious slave to see how well he could bear pain. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity And if we want a due motive for such lofty choice Epictetus will supply it. Seekers after God We are not, like Epictetus, slaves, but free men. All Saints' Day and Other Sermons He discoursed on the vanity of human wishes with the moral wisdom of Dr. Johnson, and urged self-improvement like Socrates and Epictetus. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations TO NASO.—When a certain Roman entered with his son and listened to one reading, Epictetus said, This is the method of instruction; and he stopped. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion We also propose to issue a similar edition of the writings of Epictetus. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius For that lame boy was Epictetus--Epictetus for whom was written the memorable epitaph: "I was Epictetus, a slave, and maimed in body, and a beggar for poverty, and dear to the immortals." Seekers after God A copy of the Enchiridion of Epictetus fell into our hands, and after studying it faithfully, we rejected Stoicism. The Prince of India — Volume 01 No ancient teacher enjoined the duties based on an immutable morality with more force than Confucius, Buddha, and Epictetus. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Do you see, said Epictetus, that you yourself are admitting that logic is necessary, if without it you cannot know so much as this, whether logic is necessary or not necessary? A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion Epictetus in his Enchiridion makes short work of the question of evil. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius A certain magnificent orator, who was going to Rome on a lawsuit, had called on Epictetus. Seekers after God Epictetus, indeed, infused a new life into the Stoical philosophy. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. This was not due to any exhortations of Agathobulus, his predecessor Demetrius, or Epictetus. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Then you will say, I met with Epictetus as I should meet with a stone or a statue: for you saw me and nothing more. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion Epictetus, a Phrygian Greek, was brought to Rome, we know not how, but he was there the slave and afterwards the freedman of his unworthy master, Epaphroditus. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius "I don't want such things," replied Epictetus; "and, besides, you are poorer than I am, after all." Seekers after God The Stoical doctrines of Epictetus had a more practical end in view than those of Zeno, since they were applied to Roman thought and life. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Epictetus once urged him, with a touch of reproof, to take a wife and raise a family—for it beseemed a philosopher to leave some one to represent him after the flesh. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Very little is known of the life of Epictetus. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion Epictetus wanted little, and it seems that he always had the little that he wanted and he was content with it, as he had been with his servile station. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius But, in spite of his deep poverty, it must not be supposed that there was anything eccentric or ostentatious in the life of Epictetus. Seekers after God Such were the moral precepts of Epictetus, in which we see the nearest approach to Christianity that had been made in the ancient world. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. But he received the home thrust: 'Very well, Epictetus; give me one of your daughters.' Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 The date of the birth of Epictetus is unknown. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion It numbered among its representatives, in later times, the illustrious Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, and the scarcely less renowned and equally virtuous slave Epictetus. General History for Colleges and High Schools If there be anything," says Epictetus, "which you highly value or tenderly love, estimate at the same time its true nature. Seekers after God If any body advanced philosophy among the Romans, it was Epictetus, and he even only in the realm of ethics. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. We have instances in our own days: I believe the man is still alive who paid 120 pounds for the earthenware lamp of Epictetus the Stoic. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Nothing great, said Epictetus, is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion ETHICS, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY.—Under this head may be grouped the names of Seneca, Pliny the Elder, Marcus Aurelius, and Epictetus. General History for Colleges and High Schools All these precepts have a general application, but Epictetus adds others on the right bearing of a philosopher; that is, of one whose professed ideal is higher than the multitude. Seekers after God He discourses on the vanity of human wishes with the moral wisdom of Dr. Johnson, and urges self-improvement like Socrates and Epictetus. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Who is there that does not admire the strength of mind of a Cato, the lofty virtue of a Brutus and Aurelius, the equanimity of an Epictetus and a Seneca? Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller Is it not fit then, Epictetus said, to be actively employed about the best? A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion Marcus Aurelius the emperor and Epictetus the slave hold prominent places among the ethical teachers of Rome. General History for Colleges and High Schools Epictetus, when asked how a man could grieve his enemy, replied, "By preparing himself to act in the noblest way." Seekers after God Is Emerson superior to Epictetus, in an ethical point of view? The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The master of Epictetus, who beat him, acted basely, and the slave beaten by him showed a sublime soul. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller Then you go away and say: Epictetus was nothing; he used solecisms and spoke in a barbarous way. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion Epictetus and Aurelius were the last eminent representatives and expositors of the philosophy of Zeno. General History for Colleges and High Schools The Discourses of Epictetus, as originally published by Arrian, contained eight books, of which only four have come down to us. Seekers after God His meditations have lately been translated and published—a work full of moral wisdom, rivaling Epictetus in morality, and the sages of the Middle Ages in contemplative piety. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Arrian himself, disciple of Epictetus, distinguished Roman, and product of lifelong culture as he was, had just our experience, and shall make our defence. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 It is a fine thing to bear poverty with an even mind, like Epictetus of glorious memory. The Queen Pedauque If any of the classics were to be kept bodily for school-use, they should be Seneca, Epictetus, Plato, and the like. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 The Manual is a kind of abstract of Epictetus's ethical principles, which, with many additional illustrations and with more expansion, are also explained in the Discourses. Seekers after God How many of us have drawn inspiration from the noble reflections contained in the Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius and in the Discourses of Epictetus, those great Stoics! A Handbook of Ethical Theory One was an English edition of Carlyle's "Hero-worship"; the other was a charming elzevir, in modern binding, the "Manual of Epictetus," a German translation published at Leyden in 1634. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar He recited to me the "Maxims of Epictetus," the "Homilies of St Basil" and the "Consolations of Boethius." The Queen Pedauque And having made a due reverence before the throne of Antonine, he may bow with equal awe before Epictetus among his fellow-slaves ———"and rejoice In the plain presence of his dignity." Biographia Literaria Epictetus did not aim at style; his one aim was to excite his hearers to virtue, and Arrian tells us that in this endeavour he created a deep impression by his manner and voice. Seekers after God Man's nature, said Epictetus, is social; wrongdoing is antisocial; affection is natural. A Handbook of Ethical Theory Much of the secret of happiness is to be found in Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius and, of course, in the Gospels. Problems of Conduct But I do not forget that Epictetus was a slave and Pyrrho a gardener. The Queen Pedauque |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。