The Works of Epictetus. Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, And Fragments
The Works of Epictetus. Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, And Fragments
Epictetus
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Since, tiien, it is necessary for us to be reaped, and we have, at the ] same time, understanding to know it, are we angry at it ? This is only because we neither know what we are, nor have we studied what belongs to man, as jockies do what belongs to horses. Yet Chrysantas, when he was about to strike an enemy, on hearing the trumpet sound a retreat, drew back his hand ; for he thought it more eligible to obey the command of his general, than his own inclination.* But not one of us, even when ...necessity calls, is ready and willing to * In a speech which Cjrag made to his soldiers, after the battle with the Assyrians, he mentioned Chrysantas, one of his captains, with particnlar honor, fot this instance of obedience. Xenoph. Cj» iop.iy. 1.— c. obey it ; but we weep and groan over painful eyents, calling them our "circumstances." What circum- stances, man ? For if you call what surrounds you circumstances, everything is a circumstance ; but, if by this you mean hardships, where is the hardship, that whatever is born must die ?
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