# Ἀρριανοῦ τῶν Ἐπικτήτου Διατριβῶν 3.16-20

Epictetus, Ἀρριανοῦ τῶν Ἐπικτήτου Διατριβῶν, 3.16 to 3.20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/text/3.16

οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἔργον τοῦ φιλοσόφου ταῦτα τὰ ἐκτὸς τηρεῖν, οὔτε τὸ οἰνάριον οὔτε τὸ ἐλάδιον οὔτε τὸ σωμάτιον, ἀλλὰ τί; τὸ ἴδιον ἡγεμονικόν. τὰ δʼ ἔξω πῶς; μέχρι τοῦ μὴ ἀλογίστως κατὰ ταῦτα ἀναστρέφεσθαι. ποῦ οὖν ἔτι καιρὸς τοῦ φοβεῖσθαι; ποῦ οὖν ἔτι καιρὸς ὀργῆς; ποῦ φόβου περὶ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων, περὶ τῶν μηδενὸς ἀξίων; δύο γὰρ ταῦτα πρόχειρα ἔχειν δεῖ· ὅτι ἔξω τῆς προαιρέσεως οὐδέν ἐστιν οὔτε ἀγαθὸν οὔτε κακὸν καὶ ὅτι οὐ δεῖ προηγεῖσθαι τῶν πραγμάτων, ἀλλʼ ἐπακολουθεῖν. οὐκ ἔδει οὕτως μοι προσενεχθῆναι τὸν ἀδελφόν. οὔ· ἀλλὰ τοῦτο μὲν ἐκεῖνος ὄψεται. ἐγὼ δʼ, ὡς ἂν προσενεχθῇ, αὐτὸς ὡς δεῖ χρήσομαι τοῖς πρὸς ἐκεῖνον. τοῦτο γὰρ ἐμόν ἐστιν, ἐκεῖνο δʼ ἀλλότριον· τοῦτο οὐδεὶς κωλῦσαι δύναται, ἐκεῖνο κωλύεται.

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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/.