The Handbook of Epictetus
Handbook 51.3
Translated by Clint Miller
English
This is how Socrates became who he was: in everything that came his way, he attended to nothing but reason. And you – even if you are not yet Socrates – should live as someone who wants to be Socrates.
Greek
Σωκράτης οὕτως ἀπετελέσθη, ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν προσαγομένων αὐτῷ μηδενὶ ἄλλῳ προσέχων ἢ τῷ λόγῳ. σὺ δὲ εἰ καὶ μήπω εἶ Σωκράτης, ὡς Σωκράτης γε εἶναι βουλόμενος ὀφείλεις βιοῦν.
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