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Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    The Works of Epictetus

    Epictetus

    The Works of Epictetus, by Epictetus (AD 50–135), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.

    Chapters
    135
    Variants
    135
    Genre
    Philosophy
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Preface.prose
    2. 02List of Books Consulted, [For the Complete Works.]prose
    3. 03[For the Enchiridion.]prose
    4. 04The Discourses of Epictetus, Arrian to Lucius Gellius Wisheth All Happiness.prose
    5. 05Book I, Chapter I.: Of the Things Which Are, and the Things Which Are Not in Our Own Power.prose
    6. 06Chapter II.: In What Manner, upon Every Occasion, to Preserve Our Character.prose
    7. 07Chapter III.: How, from the Doctrine That God Is the Father of Mankind, We May Proceed to Its Consequences.prose
    8. 08Chapter IV: Of Progress.prose
    9. 09Chapter V.: Concerning the Academics.prose
    10. 10Chapter VI.: Of Providence.prose
    11. 11Chapter VII.: Of the Use of the Forms of Right Reasoning.prose
    12. 12Chapter VIII.: That Logical Subtleties Are Not Safe to the Uninstructed.prose
    13. 13Chapter IX.: How from the Doctrine of Our Relationship to God, We Are to Deduce Its Consequences.prose
    14. 14Chapter X.: Concerning Those Who Seek Preferment at Rome.prose
    15. 15Chapter XI.: Of Natural Affection.prose
    16. 16Chapter XII.: Of Contentment.prose
    17. 17Chapter XIII.: How Everything May Be Performed to the Divine Acceptance.prose
    18. 18Chapter XIV.: That All Things Are Under the Divine Supervision.prose
    19. 19Chapter XV.: What Philosophy Promises.prose
    20. 20Chapter XVI.: Of Providence.prose
    21. 21Chapter XVII.: That the Art of Reasoning Is Necessary.prose
    22. 22Chapter XVIII.: That We Ought Not to Be Angry with the Erring.prose
    23. 23Chapter XIX.: Of the Right Treatment of Tyrants.prose
    24. 24Chapter XX.: In What Manner Reason Contemplates Itself.prose
    25. 25Chapter XXI.: Of the Desire of Admiration.prose
    26. 26Chapter XXII.: Of General Principles.prose
    27. 27Chapter XXIII.: Against Epicurus.prose
    28. 28Chapter XXIV.: How We Ought to Struggle with Difficulties.prose
    29. 29Chapter XXV.: On the Same Subject.prose
    30. 30Chapter XXVI.: What the Rule of Life Is.prose
    31. 31Chapter XXVII.: Of the Varied Appearances of Things to the Mind, and What Means Are at Hand by Which to Regulate Them.prose
    32. 32Chapter XXVIII.: That We Ought Not to Be Angry with Mankind. What Things Are Little, What Great, Among Men.prose
    33. 33Chapter XXIX.: Of Courage.prose
    34. 34Chapter XXX.: Weapons Ready for Difficult Occasions.prose
    35. 35Book II, Chapter I.: That Courage Is Not Inconsistent with Caution.prose
    36. 36Chapter II.: Of Tranquillity.prose
    37. 37Chapter III.: Concerning Such as Recommend Persons to the Philosophersprose
    38. 38Chapter IV.: Concerning a Man Who Had Been Guilty of Adultery.prose
    39. 39Chapter V.: How Nobleness of Mind May Be Consistent with Prudence.prose
    40. 40Chapter VI.: Of Circumstances.prose
    41. 41Chapter VII.: Of Divination.prose
    42. 42Chapter VIII.: Wherein Consists the Essence of Good.prose
    43. 43Chapter IX.: That Some Persons, Failing to Fulfil What the Character of a Man Implies, Assume That of a Philosopher.prose
    44. 44Chapter X.: How We May Infer the Duties of Life from Its Nominal Functions.prose
    45. 45Chapter XI.: The Beginning of Philosophy.prose
    46. 46Chapter XII.: Of Disputation.prose
    47. 47Chapter XIII.: Of Anxiety.prose
    48. 48Chapter XIV.: Concerning Naso.prose
    49. 49Chapter XV.: Concerning Those Who Obstinately Persist in Whatever They Have Determined.prose
    50. 50Chapter XVI.: That We Do Not Study to Make Use of the Established Principles Concerning Good and Evil.prose
    51. 51Chapter XVII.: How to Apply General Principles to Particular Cases.prose
    52. 52Chapter XVIII.: How the Semblances of Things Are to Be Combated.prose
    53. 53Chapter XIX.: Concerning Those Who Embrace Philosophy Only in Words.prose
    54. 54Chapter XX.: Concerning the Epicureans and Academics.prose
    55. 55Chapter XXI.: Of Inconsistency.prose
    56. 56Chapter XXII.: Of Friendship.prose
    57. 57Chapter XXIII.: Of Eloquence.prose
    58. 58Chapter XXIV.: Concerning a Person Whom He Treated with Disregard.prose
    59. 59Chapter XXV.: That Logic Is Necessary, Chapter XXVI.: What Is the Test of Error.prose
    60. 60Book III, Chapter I.: Of Personal Adornment.prose
    61. 61Chapter II.: In What a Well-trained Man Should Exercise Himself; And That We Neglect the Principal Things.prose
    62. 62Chapter III.: What Is the Chief Concern of a Good Man; And in What We Chiefly Ought to Train Ourselves.prose
    63. 63Chapter IV.: Concerning One Who Made Himself Improperly Conspicuous in the Theatre.prose
    64. 64Chapter V.: Concerning Those Who Plead Sickness.prose
    65. 65Chapter VI.: Miscellaneous.prose
    66. 66Chapter VII.: Concerning a Certain Governor Who Was an Epicurean.prose
    67. 67Chapter VIII.: How We Are to Exercise Ourselves Against the Semblances of Things.prose
    68. 68Chapter IX.: Concerning a Certain Orator, Who Was Going to Rome on a Lawsuit.prose
    69. 69Chapter X.: In What Manner We Ought to Bear Sickness.prose
    70. 70Chapter XI.: Miscellaneous.prose
    71. 71Chapter XII.: Of Training.prose
    72. 72Chapter XIII.: What Solitude Is; And What a Solitary Person.prose
    73. 73Chapter XIV.: Miscellaneous.prose
    74. 74Chapter XV.: That Everything Is to Be Undertaken with Circumspection.prose
    75. 75Chapter XVI.: That Caution Should Be Used, as to Personal Familiarity.prose
    76. 76Chapter XVII.: Of Providence.prose
    77. 77Chapter XVIII.: That We Ought Not to Be Alarmed, by Any News That Is Brought Us.prose
    78. 78Chapter XIX.: What Is the Comparative Condition of the Philosopher, and of the Crowd.prose
    79. 79Chapter XX.: That Some Advantage May Be Gained from Every Outward Circumstance.prose
    80. 80Chapter XXI.: Concerning Those Who Readily Set Up for Sophists.prose
    81. 81Chapter XXII.: Of the Cynic Philosophy.prose
    82. 82Chapter XXIII.: Concerning Such as Read and Dispute Ostentatiously.prose
    83. 83Chapter XXIV.: That We Ought Not to Be Affected by Things Not in Our Own Power.prose
    84. 84Chapter XXV.: Concerning Those Who Waver in Their Purpose.prose
    85. 85Chapter XXVI.: Concerning Those Who Are in Dread of Want.prose
    86. 86Book IV, Chapter I.: Of Freedom.prose
    87. 87Chapter II.: Of Complaisance.prose
    88. 88Chapter III.: What Things Are to Be Exchanged for Others.prose
    89. 89Chapter IV.: Concerning Those Who Earnestly Desire a Life of Repose.prose
    90. 90Chapter V.: Concerning the Quarrelsome and Ferocious.prose
    91. 91Chapter VI.: Concerning Those Who Are Annoyed at Being Pitied.prose
    92. 92Chapter VII.: Of Fearlessness.prose
    93. 93Chapter VIII.: Concerning Such as Hastily Assume the Philosophic Dress.prose
    94. 94Chapter IX.: Concerning a Person Who Had Grown Immodest.prose
    95. 95Chapter X.: What Things We Are to Despise, and What Chiefly to Value.prose
    96. 96Chapter XI.: Of Purity.prose
    97. 97Chapter XII.: Of Taking Pains.prose
    98. 98Chapter XIII.: Concerning Such as Are Too Communicative.prose
    99. 99The Enchiridion, or Manual, I. (1)prose
    100. 100II. (1)prose
    101. 101III, IV. (1)prose
    102. 102V. (1)prose
    103. 103VII. (1)prose
    104. 104XII. (1)prose
    105. 105XIII, XIV. (1)prose
    106. 106XV. (1)prose
    107. 107XVIII, XIX. (1)prose
    108. 108XXII. (1)prose
    109. 109XXIII, XXIV. (1)prose
    110. 110XXV. (1)prose
    111. 111XXVI. (1)prose
    112. 112XXIX, XXX. (1)prose
    113. 113XXXI. (1)prose
    114. 114XXXII. (1)prose
    115. 115XXXIII. (1)prose
    116. 116XXXIV. (1)prose
    117. 117XLII. (1)prose
    118. 118XLVI. (1)prose
    119. 119XLVIII. (1)prose
    120. 120XLIX. (1)prose
    121. 121L. (1)prose
    122. 122LI. (1)prose
    123. 123VII. (2)prose
    124. 124XIII. (2)prose
    125. 125XXIX, XXX. (2)prose
    126. 126XXXII. (2)prose
    127. 127XXXVIII. (2)prose
    128. 128XLVII. (2)prose
    129. 129LXII.prose
    130. 130Lxxxviii, LXXXIX.prose
    131. 131CXXVIII, CXXIX.prose
    132. 132CXXXI.prose
    133. 133XXXII, I. (4)prose
    134. 134IV, V. (4)prose
    135. 135VI. (4)prose