...superficial understanding of a book ; nor hastily to give my assent to those who talk over-much ; and I am indebted to him for being acquainted with the...to me out of his own collection. 8. From Apollonius 6 I learned freedom of will ' and undeviating steadiness of purpose ; and to look to nothing else,...

...superficial understanding of a book; nor hastily to give my assent to those who talk overmuch; and I am indebted to him for being acquainted with the...to me out of his own collection. 8. From Apollonius 7 I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not...

...superficial understanding of a book ; nor hastily to give my assent to those who talk over much, and I am indebted to him for being acquainted with the...he communicated to me out of his own collection.* * Epictetus did not write himself: we are indebted to his pupil Arrian for " Reminiscences" of what...

...by miracle-workers and jugglers about incantations and the driving away of demons and such things. From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating...occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness; and to see clearly in a living example that the same man can be both most resolute and yielding, and...

...by miracle-workers and jugglers about incantations and the driving away of demons and such things. From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating...nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason j and to be always the same, in sharp pains, on the occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness;...

...superficial understanding of a book ; nor hastily to give my assent to those who talk overmuch ; and I am indebted to him for being acquainted with the...Epictetus, which he communicated to me out of his o-.vn collection. 8. From Apollonius7 I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose...

...man who practises much discipline, or .does benevolent acts in order to make a display ; . . . and I am indebted to him for being acquainted with the discourses of Epictetus, which he com1 "The Thoughts of M. Aurelius Antoninus" ; translated by G. Long, i. 3. * "Thoughts," i. 6. municated...

...From Rusticus, I received the impression that my character required improvement and discipline. * * * From Apollonius, I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose and uniformity of temper under all adversity. From Sextus, a benevolent disposition, the example of a family...

...• Lib. 2, c. 5. ' Lib. 1, c. 16. ' . things." ' " From Apollonius," writes Marcus, gratefully, " I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness...occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness."* mind which is free from passions is a citadel, for man s has nothing more secure to which he can flee...

...15. • Lib. 2, c. 5. ' Lib. 1, c. 16. things." ' " From Apollonius," writes Marcus, gratefully, " I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness...on the occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness."1 "The mind which is free from passions is a citadel, for man has nothing more secure to which...