The Discourses of Epictetus: With the Encheiridion and FragmentsG. Bell and sons, 1890 - 452 pages |
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... Roman Stoic , to his exposition of the system of Epic- tetus . Rufus taught at Rome under the emperor Nero , who drove him from Rome ; but Rufus returned after the tyrant's death , and lived to the times of Vespasian and his son Titus ...
... Roman Stoic , to his exposition of the system of Epic- tetus . Rufus taught at Rome under the emperor Nero , who drove him from Rome ; but Rufus returned after the tyrant's death , and lived to the times of Vespasian and his son Titus ...
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... Roman teacher , whose name occurs several times in the Discourses . Ritter con- jectures that Epictetus also heard Euphrates , whom he highly commends . It has been justly said that , though Epictetus is named a Stoic , and that his ...
... Roman teacher , whose name occurs several times in the Discourses . Ritter con- jectures that Epictetus also heard Euphrates , whom he highly commends . It has been justly said that , though Epictetus is named a Stoic , and that his ...
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... Romans rightly viewed the will as equivalent to the deed . Cicero ( Tuscul . iv . 6 ) says , Quamobrem simul objecta species cujuspiam est , quod bonum videatur , ad id adipiscendum impellit ipsa natura . Id quum constanter prudenterque ...
... Romans rightly viewed the will as equivalent to the deed . Cicero ( Tuscul . iv . 6 ) says , Quamobrem simul objecta species cujuspiam est , quod bonum videatur , ad id adipiscendum impellit ipsa natura . Id quum constanter prudenterque ...
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... Roman state ( Tacit . Ann . xvi . 28 ) . The father of Agrippinus had been put to death under Tiberius ( Suetonius , Tib . c . 61 ) . 1 Aricia , about twenty Roman miles from Rome , on the Via Appia ( Horace , Sat. i . 5 , 1 ) ...
... Roman state ( Tacit . Ann . xvi . 28 ) . The father of Agrippinus had been put to death under Tiberius ( Suetonius , Tib . c . 61 ) . 1 Aricia , about twenty Roman miles from Rome , on the Via Appia ( Horace , Sat. i . 5 , 1 ) ...
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... Roman magistrates and some others , and by senators , it is said , on certain days ( Cic . Phil . ii . 43 ) . 5 Helvidius Priscus , a Roman senator and a philosopher , is com- mended by Tacitus ( Hist . iv . 4 , 5 ) as an honest man ...
... Roman magistrates and some others , and by senators , it is said , on certain days ( Cic . Phil . ii . 43 ) . 5 Helvidius Priscus , a Roman senator and a philosopher , is com- mended by Tacitus ( Hist . iv . 4 , 5 ) as an honest man ...
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