The Teaching of Epictetus Being the 'Encheiridion of Epictetus,' with Selections from the 'Dissertations' and 'Fragments'

CHAPTER XX.

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1. The Greek is [Greek: Epeidê logos estin ho diarthrôn kai exergazomenos ta loipa]. [Greek: diarthroô] means, literally, to fashion with joints, hence constitute organically, with interdependence of parts. Long translates "analyze."

2. _Modius._--A measure of about two gallons.

3. Antisthenes, about 400 B. C., founder of the Cynic school, which was established by him in the gymnasium called the Cynosarges (hence the name). As a Cynic, his authority would, of course, be respected by the hearers of Epictetus. This investigation of terms, or names, is, indeed, the beginning of philosophy and the guide to truth in any sphere, but perhaps not every one is competent to undertake it. There must be a real and not merely a formal appreciation of the contents of each term. A primrose is one thing to Peter Bell and another to Wordsworth. The term, let us say, Duty, is one thing to a Herbert Spencer and another to a Kant.