Epictetus · c. 50 – c. 135 CE
Fragments 69 — Epictetus
Translation by George Long (1877)
Epictetus, Fragments 69
But before everything this is the act of nature to bind together and to fit together the movement towards the appearance of that which is becoming (fit) and useful.
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Epictetus, Fragments 69, tr. George Long (1877)
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In plain English
AI-written notesAn abstract remark that it is nature's work to link our impulses with the impression of what is fitting and useful. It is a fragment from a longer technical discussion and offers little practical guidance on its own.
Older wording
- “becoming”
- — fitting, appropriate
Themes and situations
- Nature and the cosmos
- Virtue and character
- Judgements and impressions
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