Epictetus · The Handbook
Chapter 45
English
Someone bathes quickly: do not say he bathes badly, but quickly. Someone drinks a lot of wine: do not say he drinks badly, but a lot. Until you have grasped his judgment, how do you know it was bad? This way, it will never happen to you that you grasp one set of impressions clearly and yet assent to a different one.
Greek
λούεταί τις ταχέως· μὴ εἴπῃς ὅτι κακῶς, ἀλλ’ ὅτι ταχέως. πίνει τις πολὺν οἶνον· μὴ εἴπῃς ὅτι κακῶς, ἀλλ’ ὅτι πολύν. πρὶν γὰρ διαγνῶναι τὸ δόγμα, πόθεν οἶσθα, εἰ κακῶς; οὕτως οὐ συμβήσεταί σοι ἄλλων μὲν φαντασίας καταληπτικὰς λαμβάνειν, ἄλλοις δὲ συγκατατίθεσθαι.
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