Enchiridion

by Epictetus · c. 125 CE

Elizabeth Carter's translation, 1758. 13 parts, about 17,276 words, 79 minutes of reading. Source edition.

Passages the guide marks

Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.
5 · Read it in Chapter II
Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.
8 · Read it in Chapter II
Never say about anything, I have lost it, but say I have restored it. Is your child dead? It has been restored. Is your wife dead? She has been restored.
11 · Read it in Chapter II
Remember that you are an actor in a play, the character of which is determined by the author: if short, of a short one; if long, of a long one.
17 · Read it in Chapter II

About this text

Public domain in the United States; the Standard Ebooks edition is released under CC0. Translated by Elizabeth Carter. It is not the edition the programs assign; the guide names that one, and the buy links there point at it.

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