# Dissertationum Epictetearum sive ab Arriano sive ab aliis digestarum fragmenta 14

Epictetus, Dissertationum Epictetearum sive ab Arriano sive ab aliis digestarum fragmenta, Fragment 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/dissertationum-epictetearum-sive-ab-arriano-sive-ab-aliis-digestarum-fragmenta/14

ἐκ τῶν Ἐπικτήτου ἀπομνημονευμάτων. τοὺς δυσχερεῖς δὲ φιλοσόφους εἰς μέσον ἄγοντες, οἷς οὐ δοκεῖ κατὰ φύσιν ἡδονὴ εἶναι, ἀλλʼ ἐπιγίγνεσθαι τοῖς κατὰ φύσιν, δικαιοσύνῃ, σωφροσύνῃ, ἐλευθερίᾳ. τί ποτʼ οὖν ἡ ψυχὴ ἐπὶ μὲν τοῖς τοῦ σώματος ἀγαθοῖς μικροτέροις οὖσι χαίρει καὶ γαληνιᾷ, ὥς φησιν Ἐπίκουρος, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς αὑτῆς ἀγαθοῖς μεγίστοις οὖσιν οὐχ ἥδεται; καίτοι καὶ δέδωκέ μοι ἡ φύσις αἰδῶ καὶ πολλὰ ὑπερυθριῶ, ὅταν τι ὑπολάβω αἰσχρὸν λέγειν. τοῦτό με τὸ κίνημα οὐκ ἐᾷ τὴν ἡδονὴν θέσθαι ἀγαθὸν καὶ τέλος τοῦ βίου.

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Epictetus, Dissertationum Epictetearum sive ab Arriano sive ab aliis digestarum fragmenta, ed. Heinrich Schenkl. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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