Epictetus Works (Discourses, Enchiridion, Fragments) (1866) - Page 21


XXI. On Inconsistency	168
XXII. On Friendship	171
XXIII. On Eloquence	177
XXIV. Concerning a person whom he treated with disregard	183
XXV. That logic is necessary	188
XXVI. What the test of error is	188

BOOK III.


I. On personal adornment	190
II. In what a well-trained man should exercise himself; and that we neglect the most important things	197
III. What the chief concern of a good man is; and in what we should primarily train ourselves	200
IV. Concerning one who made himself inappropriately noticeable in the theater	203
V. Concerning those who use illness as an excuse original: "plead Sickness"	205
VI. Miscellaneous topics	207
VII. Concerning a certain governor who was an Epicurean Epicureans believed that pleasure was the highest good and that the gods did not intervene in human affairs, a view Epictetus strongly opposed.	209
VIII. How we are to train ourselves against the appearances of things original: "Semblances of Things." In Stoicism, "appearances" refers to the initial impressions or thoughts that enter the mind.	214
IX. Concerning a certain orator who was going to Rome for a lawsuit	215
X. How we ought to bear illness	218
XI. Miscellaneous topics	221
XII. On training	222
XIII. What solitude is, and what a solitary person is	225
XIV. Miscellaneous topics	228
XV. That everything is to be undertaken with careful consideration original: "Circumspection"	230
XVI. That caution should be used regarding personal familiarity	232
XVII. On Providence	234
XVIII. That we ought not to be alarmed by any news brought to us	235
XIX. The difference between the condition of the philosopher and that of the common crowd	236
XX. That some advantage may be gained from every external circumstance	237
XXI. Concerning those who too readily set themselves up as Sophists Sophists were professional teachers in ancient Greece often criticized for prioritizing persuasive rhetoric and profit over actual truth.	240
XXII. On the Cynic philosophy The Cynics were a school of ancient Greek philosophers who lived in extreme poverty and rejected social conventions to demonstrate that virtue is the only good.	243
XXIII. Concerning those who read or debate for the sake of show original: "ostentatiously"	259