# Dissertationum Epictetearum sive ab Arriano sive ab aliis digestarum fragmenta 4

Epictetus, Dissertationum Epictetearum sive ab Arriano sive ab aliis digestarum fragmenta, Fragment 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/dissertationum-epictetearum-sive-ab-arriano-sive-ab-aliis-digestarum-fragmenta/4

Ῥούφου ἐκ τῶν Ἐπικτήτου περὶ φιλίας. τῶν ὄντων τὰ μὲν ἐφʼ ἡμῖν ἔθετο ὁ θεός, τὰ δʼ οὐκ ἐφʼ ἡμῖν. ἐφʼ ἡμῖν μὲν τὸ κάλλιστον καὶ σπουδαιότατον, ᾧ δὴ καὶ αὐτὸς εὐδαίμων ἐστί, τὴν χρῆσιν τῶν φαντασιῶν. τοῦτο γὰρ ὀρθῶς γιγνόμενον ἐλευθερία ἐστίν, εὔροια, εὐθυμία, εὐστάθεια, τοῦτο δὲ καὶ δίκη ἐστὶ καὶ νόμος καὶ σωφροσύνη καὶ ξύμπασα ἀρετή. τὰ δʼ ἄλλα πάντα οὐκ ἐφʼ ἡμῖν ἐποιήσατο. οὐκοῦν καὶ ἡμᾶς συμψήφους χρὴ τῷ θεῷ γενέσθαι καὶ ταύτῃ διελόντας τὰ πράγματα τῶν μὲν ἐφʼ ἡμῖν πάντα τρόπον ἀντιποιεῖσθαι, τὰ δὲ μὴ ἐφʼ ἡμῖν ἐπιτρέψαι τῷ κόσμῳ καί, εἴτε τῶν παίδων δέοιτο εἴτε τῆς πατρίδος εἴτε τοῦ σώματος εἴτε ὁτουοῦν, ἀσμένους παραχωρεῖν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0557.tlg003.local001/.