εἰ φιλοσοφίας ἐπιθυμεῖς, παρασκευάζου αὐτόθεν
ὡς καταγελασθησόμενος, ὡς καταμωκησομένων σου πολλῶν, ὡς ἐρούντων ὅτι ‘ἄφνω φιλόσοφος ἡμῖν ἐπανελήλυθε’
καὶ ‘πόθεν ἡμῖν αὕτη ἡ ὀφρύς;’ σὺ δὲ ὀφρὺν μὲν μὴ
σχῇς: τῶν δὲ βελτίστων σοι φαινομένων οὕτως ἔχου, ὡς
ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ τεταγμένος εἰς ταύτην τὴν χώραν: μέμνησό
τε διότι, ἐὰν μὲν ἐμμείνῃς τοῖς αὐτοῖς, οἱ καταγελῶντές
σου τὸ πρότερον οὗτοί σε ὕστερον θαυμάσονται, ἐὰν δὲ ἡττηθῇς αὐτῶν, διπλοῦν προσλήψῃ καταγέλωτα.
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Epicteti Dissertationes ab Arriano digestae. Epictetus. Heinrich Schenkl. editor. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1916.
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