# Ἀρριανοῦ τῶν Ἐπικτήτου Διατριβῶν 3.15

Epictetus, Ἀρριανοῦ τῶν Ἐπικτήτου Διατριβῶν, Book 3, πῶς φέρειν δεῖ τὰς νόσους.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/text/3.15

τί οὖν κολακεύεις τὸν ἰατρόν; τί λέγεις ἐὰν σὺ θέλῃς, κύριε, καλῶς ἕξω; τί παρέχεις αὐτῷ ἀφορμὴν τοῦ ἐπᾶραι ὀφρῦν; οὐχὶ δὲ τὴν αὑτοῦ ἀξίαν αὐτῷ ἀποδίδως, ὡς σκυτεῖ περὶ τὸν πόδα, ὡς τέκτονι περὶ τὴν οἰκίαν, οὕτως καὶ τῷ ἰατρῷ περὶ τὸ σωμάτιον, τὸ οὐκ ἐμόν, τὸ φύσει νεκρόν; τούτων ὁ καιρός ἐστι τῷ πυρέσσοντι· ἂν ταῦτα ἐκπληρώσῃ, ἔχει τὰ αὑτοῦ.

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Epictetus, Ἀρριανοῦ τῶν Ἐπικτήτου Διατριβῶν, 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.tlg001.local001/.