# Dissertationum Epictetearum sive ab Arriano sive ab aliis digestarum fragmenta 24

Epictetus, Dissertationum Epictetearum sive ab Arriano sive ab aliis digestarum fragmenta, Fragment 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/dissertationum-epictetearum-sive-ab-arriano-sive-ab-aliis-digestarum-fragmenta/24

τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἐὰν νέος τελευτᾷ τὸν βίον †, ἐγκαλεῖ τοῖς θεοῖς †, ὅτι δέον αὐτὸν ἤδη ἀναπεπαῦσθαι πρᾶγμα ἔχει, καὶ οὐδὲν ἧττον, ὅταν προσίῃ ὁ θάνατος, ζῆν βούλεται καὶ πέμπει παρὰ τὸν ἰατρὸν καὶ δεῖται αὐτοῦ μηδὲν ἀπολιπεῖν προθυμίας καὶ ἐπιμελείας. θαυμαστοί, ἔφη, ἄνθρωποι μήτε ζῆν θέλοντες μήτε ἀποθνῄσκειν.

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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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