Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 1-2)
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Author namesÉpictète · Epictete · Epictetus · Epiktetos · Επικτητος
- Scientific editors
- Heinrich Schenkl
- Edition reference
- Epicteti Dissertationes ab Arriano digestae · Leipzig · B. G. Teubner · 1916
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urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0557.tlg004.local002- Corpus release
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Sentence 3
μὴ ὧν ἐπιθυμεῖς ταῦτα παρὰ θεῶν αἴτει, ἀλλʼ ὅπως αὐτῆς ἀπαλλαγῇς τῆς ἐπιθυμίας, τοῦτο ζήτει παρὰ θεῶν. τότε σου εἰσακούουσιν οἱ θεοί, ἡνίκα ἂν μὴ περὶ τῶν ἡδέων, ἀλλὰ περὶ τῶν καλῶν εὔχῃ. καὶ τότε σοι δώσουσι τὰ καλά, ἡνίκα μὴ ἡδονῇ, ἀλλʼ ἀρετῇ χαίρεις.