232 l/-95 to l/-99
Nor does the virtuous man ever stall on anything, since stalling is a
deferral of action because of hesitation; but he defers some things only
when the deferral is free of blame; for Hesiod said this of stalling: "do
not stall until tomorrow and the next day;" and "a man who puts off his
work always wrestles with disaster"^57 since stalling produces an abandon-
ment of one's proper jobs.
- So much for this. For Chrysippus discussed all the paradoxes in
many other works: in his On Doctrines and in the Outline [Definition] of
Rational Discourse and in many other treatises on special topics. But I
have already gone through in an adequate fashion as much as I intended
to deal with in the summary account of the ethical doctrines of
who belong to the Stoic school of philosophy; [so] I shall put an end to
this notebook forthwith.
Sextus Empiricus M 11.200-201, 207
(SVF 3.516)
[11-96]- In reply to this they say that all men have the same functions,
though it makes a difference whether they are carried out from a crafts-
manlike disposition or an uncraftsmanlike one. For taking care of one's
parents and otherwise honouring them is not the special function of a
virtuous man, but doing so from prudence is. 201. And just as healing
is common to the doctor and the layman, but doing so medically is the
special function of the craftsman, in the same way too honouring one's
parents is common to the virtuous man and the non-virtuous man; but
honouring one's parents from prudence is the special function of the
wise man; consequently he has a craft of life whose special function it is
to do each of the things which are done from a virtuous disposition .... - Just as in the intermediate crafts it is the special function of a
craftsman to do things regularly and to produce the same results consis-
tently (for even a layman could carry out the function of a craftsman,
but rarely and not all the time, and certainly not consistently in the same
manner), so too it is the function of a prudent man, they say, to be
consistent in his [morally] perfect actions, and just the opposite for the
imprudent man.
Stobaeus Anthology 4.39.22 vol. 5
p. 906.18-907.5 W-H (SVF 3.510)
[11-97]Chrysippus says: "he who makes [moral] progress to the highest degree
performs all the appropriate actions in all circumstances and omits none."
- Works and Days 410, 413.