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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
CTS identifier
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0557.tlg004.local002
Corpus release
2.2.0 · 2026-08-29
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Sentence 4

μέμνησο παρὰ τῶν μεγάλων αἰτεῖν τὰ μεγάλα· μικρὰ γὰρ οὐκ ἂν δοῖεν. οὐδὲν θεοῦ μεῖζον καὶ ὑψηλότερον· εὐχόμενος τοιγαροῦν θεοῖς αἴτει τὰ θεῖα, ὧν οὐδὲν σάρκινον καὶ γήινον ψαύει πάθος.