The Discourses of Epictetus: With the Encheiridion and FragmentsG. Bell and sons, 1890 - 452 pages |
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... TYRANTS 23 • NOT SAFE TO THE UN- 28 · • • 30 • · 35 • 37 41 • 45 • • • 46 49 • 50 52 55 · 60 XX . ABOUT REASON AND HOW IT CONTEMPLATES ITSELF XXI . AGAINST THOSE WHO WISH TO BE ADMIRED • 63 66 XXII . OF PRAECOGNITIONS 66 · XXIII ...
... TYRANTS 23 • NOT SAFE TO THE UN- 28 · • • 30 • · 35 • 37 41 • 45 • • • 46 49 • 50 52 55 · 60 XX . ABOUT REASON AND HOW IT CONTEMPLATES ITSELF XXI . AGAINST THOSE WHO WISH TO BE ADMIRED • 63 66 XXII . OF PRAECOGNITIONS 66 · XXIII ...
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... tyrant in killing himself . Domitian ( Sueton . Domit . 14 ) afterwards put Epaphroditus to death for this service to Nero . We may conclude that Epictetus in some way obtained his freedom , and that he began to teach at Rome ; but ...
... tyrant in killing himself . Domitian ( Sueton . Domit . 14 ) afterwards put Epaphroditus to death for this service to Nero . We may conclude that Epictetus in some way obtained his freedom , and that he began to teach at Rome ; but ...
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... tyrant's death , and lived to the times of Vespasian and his son Titus . He acquired great reputation as a teacher , but there is no evidence that he wrote anything , and all that we know of his doctrines is from a work of Pollio in ...
... tyrant's death , and lived to the times of Vespasian and his son Titus . He acquired great reputation as a teacher , but there is no evidence that he wrote anything , and all that we know of his doctrines is from a work of Pollio in ...
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... tyrants , and think that they have some power over us by means of the body and its possessions . Permit us to show ... tyrant or what thief , or The old man is Epictetus . • He means , as Wolf says , 66 on account of the necessities of ...
... tyrants , and think that they have some power over us by means of the body and its possessions . Permit us to show ... tyrant or what thief , or The old man is Epictetus . • He means , as Wolf says , 66 on account of the necessities of ...
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... tyrant ? Will you not remember who you are , and whom you rule ? that they are kinsmen , that they are brethren by nature , that they are the offspring of Zeus ? 1 - But I have purchased them , and they have not purchased me . Do you ...
... tyrant ? Will you not remember who you are , and whom you rule ? that they are kinsmen , that they are brethren by nature , that they are the offspring of Zeus ? 1 - But I have purchased them , and they have not purchased me . Do you ...
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