The Handbook of Epictetus
Handbook 29.5
Translated by Clint Miller
English
Man, first consider what kind of undertaking this is. Then study your own nature and ask whether you can carry it. You want to be a pentathlete, or a wrestler? Look at your arms, your thighs; study your hips.
Greek
θέλουσι καὶ αὐτοὶ φιλοσοφεῖν. ἄνθρωπε, πρῶτον ἐπίσκεψαι, ὁποῖόν ἐστι τὸ πρᾶγμα· εἶτα καὶ τὴν σεαυτοῦ φύσιν κατάμαθε, εἰ δύνασαι βαστάσαι. πένταθλος εἶναι βούλει ἢ παλαιστής; ἴδε σεαυτοῦ τοὺς βραχίονας, τοὺς μηρούς, τὴν ὀσφὺν κατάμαθε.
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