CHAPTER IV.

1. _Nor have any object in themselves._--Readers of Lotze will be reminded of the term Fürsichseinheit, used by him to denote the self-centered quality of true Being. The Greek here is [Greek: ouk auta proêgoumena], [Greek: proêgoumena], being the word used in Bk. I. viii. 13, and Bk. III. v. 5, for the leading objects or obligations of man.

2. _Would that I had you with me!_--In Long's translation the pronoun _you_ is explained to mean God. I can see no reason for this interpretation. The words are, I think, supposed to be uttered by a disciple to his master: they are such as Epictetus may have heard from many of his own disciples as they left him to take their part in the world of action.

3. _Cautious assent_--_i. e._, caution in allowing oneself to entertain the impressions of appearances.