{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/dep/dep103.htm","path":"cla/dep/dep103.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/dep/dep103.htm","text":"The Discourses of Epictetus, tr. by P.E Matheson, [1916]\n(The numbers refer to pages)\nAdmiration, desire for, 261\nAffection, family, 243 ff.; limits of, 397\nAnger, two kinds of, 462\nAnother, i.e., God, 267, 350, 415\nAnxiety, 305 ff.\nAttachment to places, 396, 428\nAttention, 453 ff.\nAuthority, 266, 275, 439-440; of the Cynic, 385\nBabbling, 455\nBeauty, the fulfilment of one's nature, 343\nBody, a beast of burden, 413; needs care, 451; body and mind, 229, 380, 465\nCaesar's court, 292; fortune, 407; friends, 409\nCharacter, to be true to one's, 226 ff.\nCitadel, the inner and the outer, 414\nCity, the great, 377, 393; the small, 290\nCleanliness, inward and outward, 450 ff.\nCommunity, the, its claims on all, 259\nConfidence, based on skill, 307; confidence and caution, 281 ff.\nConflict, 262\nConsideration, need for, 368 ff.\nConstancy, 275 ff.\nContention, 429 ff.\nContentment, 247 ff.\nCraftsman, the, in nature, 233\nCrisis, the, shows the value of study, 277; what it demands, 280\nCynic, the, the ideal teacher, 376 ff., 444\nDeath, 270-271, 281-282, 291, 296, 405, 447-448\nDepartments of study, 347\nDifficulties try men, 264\nDiffidence, 367\nDiscussion, its true nature, 303\nDisplay to be shunned, 367, 386\nDiviners, 293\nDoctrine and life, 297, 322, 323-324\nDoor, the open, 241, 266, 267, 282, 358\nEducated, the, and the uneducated, 279\nEducation (see also Teacher), 227, 262, 318\nEnfranchisement not freedom, 408, 417\nEquality of character, 456\nError, 255-256, 342-342, 454-455\nEvil means loss, 299\nExamples, great (Socrates and others), 320-321, 395-396, 420-421\nExpression and eloquence, 334 ff.\nFacing both ways, 423\nFaculties maintained by exercise, 297\nFestival, life a, 416\nFlesh, the, 356 ff.\nForlorn, 365 ff.\nFreedom, 247, 396-397, 406 ff., 410, 417, 436, 438\nFriendship, 330 ff.; limits of, 382\nGame, how to play the, 288-289\nGames (public), 234, 368, 395, 478\nGenius, man's guardian, 251\nGiven, what is, 226\nGladiators, 277\nGod, the Father of men, 229, 239-240, 241, 249; beholds all, 250-251; worthy of praise, 253\nGood, conception of, 317; nature of, 294 ff., 379-380; from outward things, 373; in the region of the will, 263, 275, 349\nGoverning Principle, 252, 260, 270, 284,\nGreatness, 274\nGrowth, gradual and unseen, 252, 444\nHabit, to be conquered by habit, 270; confirmed by exercise, 329, 401\nHappiness, 400\nHelmsman, the, 470\nHymn to God, 253\nImpressions, 224, 270, 272-273; apprehensive impressions, 349, 358, 426\nIndifferent things, 280, 290 ff., 323\nInward and outward, 285\nJudgements, importance of, 243 ff., 255, 258, 314, 348, 361, 387, 429, 431 ff., 469; stubbornness in, 310\nLaw of life, the, 269 ff.\nLecture-room, the, 329-330, 352, 374, 399, 419\nLetters of introduction, 241, 286\n'Liar,' the, argument, 318, 320, 330\nLife, a spectacle, 234; a soldier's service, 393; a festival, 416; a preparation, 285; a banquet, 471; a play, 472; a bazaar, 309\nListening requires skill, 339\nLogical studies, value of, 236 ff., 253 ff.; for whom suited, 348\nLoss and gain, 404\nLower animals, lessons from, 264\nMan, takes cognizance of himself, 234; a portion of God's being, 250, 295; part of a larger whole, 290, 438; not a beast or a sheep, 298\nManumission, 283\nMarriage, 382; in Plato's Republic, Frag. 15, 463\n'Master,' the, argument, 321\nMastery, 417\nMaterial things, wrongly valued, 256, 288\nMessenger, the, within, 382\nMoral judgements need training, 270\nNames suggest conduct, 298 ff.\nNature, harmony with, 234; to understand, 254; God's will, 225; the will of Nature, 474\nObedience, limits of, 266; obedience to God, 398, 399\nObstinacy, a sign of weakness, 311\nOffice wrongly valued, 259\nOfficial career, 448\nOfficials, Roman, 351, 355; local, 346\nOne's own and not one's own, 256, 274, 390, 413, 424, 468\nOracles, 477\nOutside, the, no test, 441-442\nPancratiast, 343\nPatron of Cnossus, 359\nPeace of mind, 282, 366, 409, 425; Diogenes, 264; Socrates, 268\nPhilosopher, the, depends on himself, 240; may learn from worldlings, 242; must assert man's freedom, 255; trains men, 270; profession of, 296; differs from the layman, 279, 372; how to be a, 473; a hard task, 476; should act on his principles, 481; sham philosophers, 442\nPhilosophy, what it professes, 251-252; beginning of, 300; a slow process, 308; needs care, 369; philosophy and principles, 403\nPity, 433\nPleasure, 463\nPower, responsibility and, 249; things in our, 468\nPrimary conceptions, 261 ff.; how to apply, 316 ff.\nProgress, 230 ff., 300, 354, 471, 482\nProvidence, 233 ff., 252-253, 370-371\nPurple, the purple thread, 227, 345\nReading no substitute for character, 231\nReason, 224; man's 'good,' 249; takes cognizance of itself, 260-261\nRelations, 350\nRhetorical arguments, their danger, 238; their value secondary, 239\nSchool, life a, 235\nSelf-control, 249\nSelf-respect, 445-446, 473-474\nSelf-sufficiency, 365\nShows and spectacles, 227\nSignal, the, to retire, 241, 366, 398, 404\nSocial life, rules for, 478-479\nSociety, influence of, 369-370\nSorrow, 392\nStandards, 227; necessary, 244; and freedom, 248; in conduct, 274; found by philosophy, 301; of Nature, 326\nStrength of mind, false, 232-233\nStudent, the, 362\nStudy, necessity of, 246, 260-261, 360, 403; true and false, 269; its limits, 271-272; relation of study to life, 313-314, 362, 374-375, 426, 482.\nSuicide, warning against hasty, 241; allowed (the open door), 266; (God's signal), 399\nSun and stars, 315\nSympathy, 472\nTeacher and pupil, deadness of, 241; influence each other, 243, 324, 339; the true spirit of the teacher, 329; his duty, 344; his attraction, 388; a benefactor, 232; must be trained, 374375; the Ideal Teacher, 376\nTheatre, excitement in, 351-352\nThings, tyranny of, 411\nTragedy, due to false values, 231, 274\nTraveller, the, in life, 415\nTroubles, their origin, 271\nTruth, 467\nTyrants, have limited power, 257, 275; tragic figures, 265-266; within us, 414\nUneducated, the, 372\nUnhappiness, men's fault, 390\nUniverse, the, composition of, 458; conflagration of, 365; all things obey, 458-459; the process of, 460; full of friends, 391\nValues, true, 422-423, 424, 435\nWand, the, of Hermes, 374\nWill, training of the, 226, 358, 415; not to be sold cheap, 228\nWorld, the tumult of the, 427-428\nZeus sees all, 363","title":"The Discourses of Epictetus: Subject Index to the Discourses of Epictetus","type":"page"}