Fourthly:Thatthoutoodoestmanyawrongthingthyselfandartmuchasothersare,andifthoudostrefraiainwrong-doihouadispositionioevensupposingthatthroughcowardiceardfoodnameorsomesuchbasesiderationthoudostnota。
Fifthly:Thatthouhastnoteveheyared,formanythingsaredoneevenbyoliggenerallyamanmustknowmanythingsbeforeheoueopiniosofanother。
Sixthly:Whenthouartabryorevenoutofpatieheethatman'slifeismomentary,andinalittlewhileweshallallhavebeenlaidout。
&hatiissmendothatvexus-fortheybelongtothedomainReason-buttheopinionsweformofthoseacts。Eradicatethese,bereadytodiscardthythattheaquestionisacalamity,andthiaheetheseopinithatnoaotherdebasesus。Forualonewhichdebasesisahoutoomustperforanyawrongthingandbeeabrigandoranysortofman。
&hly:Bethinktheehowmuchmrievousaretheceserasusthahemselveswhicharousethatangeraion。
Ninthly:Thatkindnessisirresistible,beitbutsinomocksmileoramaskassumed。Forwhatthemostunableofmendotothee,ifthoupersistinbeingkindlytohim,andwhenaceisgivehimmildlyaimewheryingtodotheeharm,quietlyteachhimabetterwaythus:Nay,mychild,wehavebeeherthings。Ishallbeinnowiseharmed,butththyself?Mychild。Shewhimdelidersohatthisisso,andthateveaorauresariousinstincts。Butthoumustdothisnotinironyorbywayofrebuke,butwithkiionandwithoutaheart,notasfromamaster'soryettoimpressthebystaasifhewereindeedalohoughothersarepresent。
&heethenoftheseakingthemasagiftfromtheMuses,alasttobeamanwhilelifeisthibewareofflatteringmehanbeingangrywiththem。Forboththesearenon-soddu。Iionstoareadytothyhandisthis:tobewrothisnotmanly,butamildaledisposition,asitismorehuman,soitismoremase。Su,andnothewhogiveswaytoangeranddist,iserengthandsinewsandmanlyce。Forthenearersudattainstoapassiveeareristhemah。Asgriefisaweakness,soalsoisahitisacaseofawoundandasurrender。
ButtakeifthouwiltasatenthgiftfromApollo,theLeaderoftheMuses,this,thattoexpectthebadnottisworthyofamadman;forthatistowishforimpossibilities。Buttoacquiestheirwrongingothers,whileexpegthemtorefrainfrthee,isunfeeliic。
19。AgainstfourperversionsReasonthoushouldestaboveallkeepucedetected,whollyabjurethem,sayingineachcasetothyself:Thisthoughtihisisdestruanfellowship;thisogeeraheheart。-Andheheart,whatisitbutatradis?-Thefourthcaseisthatofselfreproach,forthatisanadmissionthatthedivioftheehasbeenworstedbyandaowledgesitsiothebody,thebaserandmortalpartoitsgrossnotions。
20。Thysoulandallthefierypartthatisblehee,thoughbyNatureassive,yetinsubmissioemoftheUniverseareheldfasthereinthypouy。Aireearthyparttooihehumid,althoughnaturallydessive,areyetupraisedaatiouralohusiheelementsalsoiotheWholeaanywhere,remainingthereuraintuntilthesignalsoundfaintherefrom。
Isitnotthenaparadoxthattheialoheeshouldberebelliousasstatioisnotlaiduponitbutonlysomuchasisinacewithitsitdoesnotplyararyotiontowardsajustidliess,terandgriefabetokeshimselfadriftfromNature。AyeaherulingReasoninamaanythithatverymomesstation。Foritwasie,butalsoforpietyandtheserviceofGod。Andierareiheideaofatruefellowship,andiothepracticeofjustice。
21。Hewhohasnoteverihesamegoaloflifehouthislifeohesame。whichisstatedsuffieedstobeaddedwhatthatgoalshouldbe。Forjustasopinionastoallthethingsthatinonewayoranotherareheldbythemassofmentobegoodisnotuniform,butonlyastothings,such,thatis,asaffeonweal,somustwesetbeforeourselvesasoaltheonandcivicweal。Forhewhodirectsallhisindividualimpulsestoalwillreionshomogeherebybeevertwithhimself。
22。Detthestoryofthetowheouse,aaioer。
23。SocratesusedtoheopinioudeGhouls,bogiestoterrify。
24。TheSpartaaclesassigraheshade,butthemselvestooktheirceofseatsanywhere。
25。Socratesrefusedtheinvitatioohiscourt,ThatIenot,saidhe,toadishrave,meaning,thatIbehgeyandhaveurnit。
26。IingsoftheEphesianswaslaiddowohavetlyinremembraheaswholivedvirtuously。
27。Look,saidthePythagoreahem,thatwemayhaveihosehostsofheaventhateverfollowthesamedaplishtheirworkinthesameway,andtheirorderlysystem,ay,andtheirhereisar。
28。ThinkofSocrateswiththesheepskinedrouhippehadgohhisdwhathesaidtohisfrieheydrewbatheirembarrassmehusaccoutred。
29。Inreadingandwritingthoumustlearnfirsttofollowinstrubeforethoustgiveit。Muchmoreisthistrueoflife。
30。‘Tisnotforthee,aslave,toreasonwhy。’
31。。。。andwithilaughed。
32。Virtuetheyeakharshwordsinherhearing。
33。Onlyamadmanwilllsierishewholooksforahemaynolongerhaveone。
34。Amanwhilefondlykissinghischild,saysEpictetus,shouldwhisperi;To-morrowperadvehouwiltdie。"Ill-omenedwordsthese!Nay,saidhe,nothingisill-omesiguralprocess。Oritisill-omeotalkofearsreaped。
35。Thegrapeunripe,mellow,driediagewehaveaotieothe。
&etus:noonerobusofourfreechoice。
&,sayshe,hituporuesceofassentandinthesphereofourimpulsespaygoodheedthattheybesubjecttoproperreservations,thattheyhaveinviewhbour'swelfare;thattheyareproportioh。Aabstainwhollyfrominordinatedesireandshewavoidaneofthethingsthatarenotinourtrol。
38。Itisnocasualmatter,theisatstake,butwhetherwearetobesaneorno。
39。Socrateswaswonttosay:Whatwouldyehave?Thescreatures?creatures。Ofwhatkindcreatures?Soundorvid。Whythetogetthem?Becausewehavethemalready。Whythenfightand