The Handbook of Epictetus
Handbook 48.3
Translated by Clint Miller
English
He has removed all desire from himself, and has transferred aversion solely to what is contrary to nature among the things up to us. Toward everything, he keeps his impulse relaxed. If people think him stupid or ignorant, he does not care. In a word, he keeps watch on himself as on an enemy lying in ambush.
Greek
ὄρεξιν ἅπασαν ἦρκεν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ· τὴν δ’ ἔκκλισιν εἰς μόνα τὰ παρὰ φύσιν τῶν ἐφ’ ἡμῖν μετατέθεικεν. ὁρμῇ πρὸς ἅπαντα ἀνειμένῃ χρῆται. ἂν ἠλίθιος ἢ ἀμαθὴς δοκῇ, οὐ πεφρόντικεν. ἐνί τε λόγῳ, ὡς ἐχθρὸν ἑαυτὸν παραφυλάσσει καὶ ἐπίβουλον.
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