# Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4) 38

Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), Section 38. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/gnomologium-epicteteum-e-stobaei-libris-3-4/38

38. (44). Εἰ βούλει δούλων ἐκτὸς ὑπάρχειν, αὐτὸς ἀἀπολύθητι δουλείας· ἔσῃ δʼ ἐλεύθερος, ἐὰν ἀπολυθῇς ἐπιθυμίας. οὔτε γὰρ Ἀριστείδης οὔτε Ἐπαμεινώνδας οὔτε Λυκοῦργος πλουτοῦντες καὶ δουλευόμενοι ὁ μὲν δίκαιος, ὁ δὲ σωτήρ, ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἀνηγορεύθησαν· ἀλλʼ ὅτι πενόμενοι τὴν Ἑλλάδα δουλείας ἀπέλυον.

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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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