Hellenistic Philosophy Introductory

Ethics 237 because they consist of acts of cognition and contain something which is rational and methodical. They think, though, ...

Physics 141 nor for gods, than to praise with justice the common law for ever. From another hymn by Cleanthes: Epictetus Enchiri ...

142 l/-23 ting] them, it is not the nature of the gods which erred, but human in- ference. And so the general issue is agreed up ...

238 //-102 might think that there are two highest goods. For just as, if it is someone's purpose to direct a spear or arrow at s ...

Physics 143 that there is nothing in the whole cosmos better than he; therefore, there is something better; therefore, obviously ...

Ethics 239 Let us now see how splendidly these further points follow from what I have already expounded .... So, since the goal ...

144 l/-23 be maintained despite the uniform revolution of the entire heavens? These things, and the mutual harmony of the parts ...

240 //-102 to //-103 But the man we refer to is lofty and superior, magnanimous, truly brave, looks down on all merely human con ...

Physics 145 fact is that everything which is nourished and grows contains within itself a large measure of heat, without which t ...

Ethics 241 [of the action]), so too it is a [moral] mistake to fear, to grieve, and to suffer desire, even quite independently o ...

146 l/-23 but rather that it is stirred up by the [wind-induced] motion from the deepest parts of the sea. This also happens to ...

242 //-103 to //-106 naturally shrink from pain, so too it is apparent that we are driven by nature herself to love those whom w ...

Physics 147 there is no part of our body which is not of less value than we ourselves are, so the cosmos as a whole must be of m ...

Ethics 243 conflict between the Jews and the Syrians and Egyptians and Romans is not about whether the sacred must be honoured a ...

148 l/-23 it will be worse than man. And since this is absurd, one must hold that the cosmos is both wise from the very beginnin ...

244 //-106 to //-107 spmt. When he received news of a shipwreck and heard that all his possessions had been lost with the ship, ...

Physics 149 the fire found in bodies is life-giving and beneficial, and in everything it preserves, nourishes, promotes growth, ...

Ethics 245 constitution and does not stop straining and flailing until he gets to his feet. Therefore, all [animals] have an aw ...

150 l/-23 circular revolution; nor can it be said that the heavenly bodies are com- pelled by some greater force to move contrar ...

246 //-107 to //-108 There are different stages of life for a baby, a boy, a teen-ager, and an old man; yet I am, for all that, ...