# Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4) 31

Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), Section 31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/gnomologium-epicteteum-e-stobaei-libris-3-4/31

31. (8). Ἐλευθερία καὶ δουλεία, τὸ μὲν ἀρετῆς ὄνομα, τὸ δὲ κακίας, ἄμφω δὲ προαιρέσεως ἔργα. οἶς δὲ προαίρεσις οὐ κοινωνεῖ, τούτων ψαύει μὲν οὐδέτερον· τύχη δὲ δεσπόζειν εἴωθε σώματος καὶ ὅσα τῶν ἀμφὶ σῶμα προαιρέσεως ἀκοινώνητα. οὐδεὶς γὰρ δοῦλος τὴν προαίρεσιν ὑπάρχων ἐλεύθερος.

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Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), 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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