See Schweig.’s interpretation and emendation. I doubt if he is right. ↩
χολερὰ γὰρ ἀποφθέγξῃ. See Schweig.’s note. ↩
This is the doctrine of God being in man. See the Index. ↩
Compare Lucretius ii the beginning. ↩
Compare M. Antoninus, vi 6. ↩
For οὐδὲν Mrs. Carter prefers οὐδὲν μᾶλλον: and also Schweig. does, or οὐδὲν ἄλλο μᾶλλον. ↩
This fragment is not from Epictetus. See Schweig.’s note. ↩
The meaning of the second part is confused and uncertain. See Schweig.’s note. ↩
In place of ἀφαιρεῖ τὴν Mrs. Carter proposes to read ἀφαιρετήν. ↩
See Schweig.’s note. ↩
See Schweig.’s note. ↩
This is a valuable fragment, and I think, a genuine fragment of Epictetus. There is plainly a defect in the text, which Schweighaeuser has judiciously supplied. ↩
See Schweig.’s note on this fragment; and his remark on this words οὐκ εὐφωνότερον οὐδὲν, and his proposed emendation. ↩
See Schweig.’s note, and his remark on the last line of the text. ↩
See M. Antoninus, iv 41. ↩
See the translation of M. Antoninus, xi 37; where I have translated this passage a little differently from the present translation. The meaning is the same. I do not know which is the better translation. ↩
See M. Antoninus, xi 38. ↩
Arrian, Dissert. ii, 19. ↩
“Nempe ubi ratio deficit, ibi sola fiducia in Deum reposita et obsequio voluntati ejus ab ipso declaratae unice subjeto agendum est.” Schweig. See Encheirid. xxxii. ↩
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