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... wise man ; and they even doubted whether such a man could be found . But Rufus said that it was not impossible for such a man to exist , for we cannot conceive such virtues as a wise man possesses otherwise than from the examples of ...
... wise man ; and they even doubted whether such a man could be found . But Rufus said that it was not impossible for such a man to exist , for we cannot conceive such virtues as a wise man possesses otherwise than from the examples of ...
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... wise and good man then after consider- ing all these things , submits his own mind to him who administers the whole , as good citizens do to the law of the state . " The foundation of the Ethic of Epictetus is the doctrine which the ...
... wise and good man then after consider- ing all these things , submits his own mind to him who administers the whole , as good citizens do to the law of the state . " The foundation of the Ethic of Epictetus is the doctrine which the ...
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... wise and good man to use appearances conformably to nature . " For this purpose a man has what Epictetus names a ruling faculty ( rò yeμoviкóv ) , of which he gives a defini- tion or description ( iv . c . 7 ) . It is that faculty ...
... wise and good man to use appearances conformably to nature . " For this purpose a man has what Epictetus names a ruling faculty ( rò yeμoviкóv ) , of which he gives a defini- tion or description ( iv . c . 7 ) . It is that faculty ...
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... wise man does not allow these emotions ( visa animi ) to remain , but he rejects them , and he sees nothing terrible in them . But this is the difference between the fool and the wise man : the fool , as the things at the first impulse ...
... wise man does not allow these emotions ( visa animi ) to remain , but he rejects them , and he sees nothing terrible in them . But this is the difference between the fool and the wise man : the fool , as the things at the first impulse ...
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... wise men , perhaps no man will readily apply himself to the Cynic practice . " However , he says , if he does , nothing will prevent him from marrying and begetting children , for his wife will be another like himself . " But , " he ...
... wise men , perhaps no man will readily apply himself to the Cynic practice . " However , he says , if he does , nothing will prevent him from marrying and begetting children , for his wife will be another like himself . " But , " he ...
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