ἰδιώτου στάσις καὶ χαρακτήρ: οὐδέποτε ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ
προσδοκᾷ ὠφέλειαν ἢ βλάβην, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξω. φιλοσόφου
στάσις καὶ χαρακτήρ: πᾶσαν ὠφέλειαν καὶ βλάβην ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ
προσδοκᾷ.
[2]
σημεῖα προκόπτοντος: οὐδένα ψέγει, οὐδένα
ἐπαινεῖ, οὐδένα μέμφεται, οὐδενὶ ἐγκαλεῖ, οὐδὲν περὶ
ἑαυτοῦ λέγει ὡς ὄντος τινὸς ἢ εἰδότος τι. ὅταν ἐμποδισθῇ
τι ἢ κωλυθῇ, ἑαυτῷ ἐγκαλεῖ. κἄν τις αὐτὸν ἐπαινῇ,
καταγελᾷ τοῦ ἐπαινοῦντος αὐτὸς παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ: κἂν ψέγῃ,
οὐκ ἀπολογεῖται. περίεισι δὲ καθάπερ οἱ ἄρρωστοι,
εὐλαβούμενός τι κινῆσαι τῶν καθισταμένων, πρὶν
πῆξιν λαβεῖν.
[3]
ὄρεξιν ἅπασαν ἦρκεν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ: τὴν δ᾽ ἔκκλισιν εἰς μόνα τὰ παρὰ φύσιν τῶν ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν μετατέθεικεν.
ὁρμῇ πρὸς ἅπαντα ἀνειμένῃ χρῆται. ἂν ἠλίθιος ἢ
ἀμαθὴς δοκῇ, οὐ πεφρόντικεν. ἐνί τε λόγῳ, ὡς ἐχθρὸν
ἑαυτὸν παραφυλάσσει καὶ ἐπίβουλον.
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Epicteti Dissertationes ab Arriano digestae. Epictetus. Heinrich Schenkl. editor. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1916.
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