Zachary Sowerby
Tufts
Epictetus, Encheiridion 2.1-2
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Μέμνησο , ὅτι ὀρέξεως μὲν ἐπαγγελία τὸ ἐπιτυχεῖν οὗ ὀρέγῃ , ἐκκλίσεως δὲ ἐπαγγελία τὸ μὴ περιπεσεῖν ἐκείνῳ ὃ ἐκκλίνεται · καὶ ὁ μὲν ἐν ὀρέξει ἀποτυγχάνων ἀτυχής , ὁ δὲ ἐν ἐκκλίσει περιπίπτων δυστυχής . ἂν μὲν οὖν μόνα ἐκκλίνῃς τὰ παρὰ φύσιν τῶν ἐπὶ σοί , οὐδενί ὧν ἐκκλίνεις περιπεσῇ · νόσον δ ' ἂν ἐκκλίνῃς ἢ θάνατον ἢ πενίαν , δυστυχήσεις . ἆρον οὖν τὴν ἔκκλισιν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν οὐκ ἐφ ' ἡμῖν καὶ μετάθες ἐπὶ τὰ παρὰ φύσιν τῶν ἐφ ' ἡμῖν . τὴν ὄρεξιν δὲ παντελῶς ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος ἄνελε · ἄν τε γὰρ ὀρέγῃ τῶν οὐκ ἐφ ' ἡμῖν τινος , ἀτυχεῖν ἀνάγκη , τῶν τε ἐφ ' ἡμῖν ὅσων ὀρέγεσθαι καλὸν ἄν , οὐδὲν οὐδέπω σοι πάρεστι . μόνῳ δὲ τῷ ὁρμᾶν καὶ ἀφορμᾶν χρῶ , κούφως καὶ μεθ ' ὑπεξαιρέσεως καὶ ἀνειμένως .
Keep
in
mind
,
that
the
goal
of
desire
is
attaining
that
which
you
desire
,
and
the
goal
of
avoidance
is
not
encountering
that
which
is
being
avoided
;
and
he
who
fails
in
desire
is
not
happy
,
while
he
who
encounters
in
avoidance
is
unhappy
.
So
if
you
are
avoiding
only
those
things
against
nature
of
the
things
up
to
you
,
you
will
encounter
none
of
the
things
which
you
are
avoiding
;
and
if
you
are
avoiding
sickness
,
or
death
or
poverty
,
you
will
be
unhappy
.
So
take
the
avoidance
away
from
all
of
the
things
not
up
to
us
and
transfer
it
to
the
things
which
are
against
nature
of
the
things
up
to
us
.
Meanwhile
,
put
off
desire
entirely
for
the
present
;
for
if
you
desire
something
of
the
things
which
are
not
on
us
,
it
is
a
necessity
to
be
not
happy
,
and
none
of
the
things
up
to
us
,
as
many
as
it
would
be
good
to
desire
,
are
yet
for
you
.
Use
only
striving
towards
and
striving
away
,
lightly
and
with
reservation
,
and
relaxedly
.