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

CHAPTER I.

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1. "Enter by the door" (_cf._ S. John, x. 1). The parallelisms in thought and expression between Epictetus and the New Testament have often been noticed, and the reader will discover many others, to which I have not thought it necessary to draw attention.

"Conceit:" [Greek: oiêsis], _Einbildung_.

3. "To be elated:" [Greek: epairesthai]. One might translate, "to be puffed up," except that that expression is only used in a bad sense, and one may be "elated" in anything that is truly of the nature of the good. The Stoics distinguished between [Greek: chara], joy, and [Greek: hêdonê], pleasure; not rejecting or despising the former.