Fragments of the Early Stoics, Volume 3: Chrysippus (Ethics)

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Moral fragments of Chrysippus combined with the general doctrine of the Stoics.

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Chap. I. On the end of goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
§ 1. The end of goods is explained according to the Stoics, nos. 2—19. . . . . 3
§ 2. Arguments are made against the ends proposed by other philosophers, nos. 20—28. . . . 7
§ 3. That only the honorable kalon beautiful/noble/honorable is good, nos. 29—37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
§ 4. That virtue is to be sought for its own sake, nos. 38—48. . . . . . . . . . 11
§ 5. That virtue is sufficient for a happy life, nos. 49—67. . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chap. II. On goods and evils, nos. 68—71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
§ 1. The concept of the good, nos. 72—79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
§ 2. What kind of thing is the good, nos. 80—94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
§ 3. Types of goods, nos. 95—116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chap. III. On indifferents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
§ 1. On the concept of the indifferent, nos. 117—123 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
§ 2. Axia value, apaxia disvalue, dosis assignment/giving, nos. 124—126 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
§ 3. Preferred and dispreferred proegmena kai apoproegmena, nos. 127—139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
§ 4. On natural things and things contrary to nature, nos. 140—146 . . . . . . . . 34
§ 5. On the correct assessment of individual indifferents, nos. 147—168. . . . . . . . . 35
Chap. IV. On appetite and selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
§ 1. On the concept of appetite, nos. 169—177 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
§ 2. On primary appetite and primary self-preservation oikeiosis, nos. 178—189 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
§ 3. On selection, nos. 190—196 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chap. V. On virtue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
§ 1. What virtue is like, nos. 197—213. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
§ 2. How virtue exists in a human being, nos. 214—227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
§ 3. On the perversion of reason, nos. 228—236 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
§ 4. Whether virtue can be lost, nos. 237—244. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
§ 5. That the same virtue belongs to gods and humans, men and women, nos. 245—254 . . 58
§ 6. That there are several virtues differing in quality, nos. 255—261. . . . . . . . . 59
§ 7. On individual virtues, nos. 262—294 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
§ 8. The mutual connection of virtues, nos. 295—304 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
§ 9. That virtues are living beings, nos. 305—307. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chap. VI. On justice and law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
§ 1. That justice exists by nature, nos. 308—313 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
§ 2. On eternal law and the laws of individual states, nos. 314—326 . . . . . . . . 77
§ 3. On the state, nos. 327—332 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
§ 4. On the communion of gods and humans, nos. 333—339 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
§ 5. On the communion of humans, nos. 340—348 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
§ 6. On nobility and liberty, nos. 349—366 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
§ 7. That legal communion does not extend to brute animals, nos. 367—376 . . . . . . 89
Chap. VII. On emotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
§ 1. The concept of emotion and definitions of individual emotions, nos. 377—420. . . . . 92
§ 2. On proneness, disease, and infirmity, nos. 421—430 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
§ 3. On the three good states eupatheiai good emotions/states, nos. 431—442 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
§ 4. That emotions must be extirpated, not moderated, nos. 443—455. . . . . . . . . 108
§ 5. The four books of Chrysippus On Emotions, nos. 456—490 . . . . . . . . . . 110
Chap. VIII. On actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
§ 1. On intermediate duties kathekonta appropriate actions, nos. 491—499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134