INDEXES.
INDEX OF TERMS.
ἀδιάφορα (indifferentia, Cicero, Seneca, Epp. 82); things indifferent, neither good nor bad; the same as μέσα.
αἰσχρός (turpis, Cic.), ugly; morally ugly.
αἰτία, cause.
αἰτιῶδες, αἴτιον, τό, the formal or formative principle, the cause.
ἀκοινώνητος, unsocial.
ἀναφορά, reference, relation to a purpose.
ἀνυπεξαιρέτως, unconditionally.
ἀπόῤῥοια , efflux.
ἀπροαίρετα, τά, the things which are not in our will or power.
ἀρχέ, a first principle.
ἄτομοι (corpora individua, Cic.), atoms.
αὐτάρκεια est quae parvo contenta omne id respuit quod abundat (Cic.); contentment.
αὐτάρκης, sufficient in itself; contented.
ἀφορμαί, means, principles. The word has also other significations in Epictetus. Index ed. Schweig.
γιγνόμενα, τά, things which are produced, come into existence.
δαίμων, god, god in man, man's intelligent principle.
διάθεσις, disposition, affection of the mind.
διαίρεσις, division of things into their parts, dissection, resolution, analysis.
διαλεκτική, ars bene disserendi et vera ac falsa dijudicandi (Cic.).
διάλυσις, dissolution, the opposite of σύγκρισις.
διάνοια, understanding; sometimes, the mind generally, the whole intellectual power.
δόγματα (decreta, Cic.), principles.
δύναμις νοερά, intellectual faculty.
ἐγκράτεια, temperance, self-restraint.
εἶδος in divisione formae sunt, quas Graeci εἶδη vocant; nostri, si qui haec forte tractant, species appellant (Cic.). But εἶδος is used by Epictetus and Antoninus less exactly and as a general term, like genus. Index Epict. ed. Schweig.—Ὡς δέ γε αἱ πρῶται οὐσίαι πρὸς τὰ ἄλλα ἔχουσιν, οὕτω καὶ τὸ εἶδος πρὸς τὸ γένος ἔχει ὑποκεῖται γὰρ τὸ εἶδος τῷ γένει [Transliteration text] (Aristot. Cat. c. 5.)
εἰμαρμένη (fatalis necessitas, fatum, Cic.), destiny, necessity.
ἐκκλίσεις, aversions, avoidance, the turning away from things; the opposite of ὀρέξεις.
ἔμψυχα, τά, things which have life.
ἐνέργεια, action, activity.
ἕννοια, ἕννοιαι, notio, notiones (Cic.), or "notitiae rerum;" notions of things. (Notionem appello quam Graeci tum έννοιαν, tum πρόληψιν, Cic.).
ἕνωσις, ἡ, the unity.
ἐπιστροφή, attention to an object.
εὐθυμία, animi tranquillitas (Cic.).
εὐμενές, τό, εὐμενεία, benevolence; εὐμενής sometimes means well-contented.
εὔνοια, benevolence.
ἐξουσία, power, faculty.
ἐπακολούθησιν, κατὰ, by way of sequence.
ἡγεμονικόν, τό, the ruling faculty or part; principatus (Cic.).
θεωρήματα, percepta (Cic.), things perceived, general principles.
καθήκειν, τό, duty, "officium."
καλός, beautiful.
κατάληψις, comprehension; cognitio, perceptio, comprehensio (Cic.).
κατασκευή, constitution.
κατορθώσεις, καταρθώματα recta, recte facta (Cic.); right acts, those acts to which we proceed by the right or straight road.
κόσμος, order, world, universe.
κόσμος, ὁ ὃλος, the universe, that which is the One and the all ([vi. 25]).
κρίμα, a judgment.
κυριεῦον τὸ ἔνδον, that which rules within ([iv. 1]), the same as τὸ ἡγεμονικόν. Diogenes Laertius vii., Zeno. ἡγεμονικόν δε εἔναι το κυριώτατον τῆς ψυχῆς.
λογικά, τά, the things which have reason.
λογικός, rational.
λόγος, reason.
λόγος σπερματικός, seminal principle.
μέσα, τά, things indifferent, viewed with respect to virtue.
νοερός, intellectual.
νόμος, law.
νοῦς, intelligence, understanding.
οἴησις, arrogance, pride. It sometimes means in Antoninus the same as τῦφος but it also means "opinion."
οἰκονομία (dispositio, ordo, Cic.) has sometimes the peculiar sense of artifice, or doing something with an apparent purpose different from the real purpose.
ὅλον, τό, the universe, the whole: ἡ τῶν ὄλων φύσις.
ὄντα, τά, things which exist; existence, being.
ὄρεξις, desire of a thing, which is opposed to ἔκκλισις, aversion.
ὁρμή, movement towards an object, appetite; appetitio, naturalis appetitus, appetitus animi (Cic.).
οὐσία, substance ([vi. 49]). Modern writers sometimes incorrectly translate it "essentia." It is often used by Epictetus in the same sense as ὕλη. Aristotle (Cat. c. 5) defines οὐσία, and it is properly translated "substantia" (ed. Jul. Pacius). Porphyrius (Isag. c. 2): ἡ οὐσία ἀνωτάτω οὐσα τῷ μηδὲν πρὸ αὐτῆς γένος ἠν τὸ γενικώτατον.
παρακολουθητικὴ δύναμις, ἡ, the power which enables us to observe and understand.
πεῑσις, passivity, opposed to ἐνέργεια: also, affect.
περιστάσεις, circumstances, the things which surround us; troubles, difficulties.
πεπρωμένη, ἡ, destiny.
προαίρεσις, purpose, free will (Aristot. Rhet. i. 13).
προαίρετά, τά, things which are within our will or power.
προαιρετικόν, τό, free will.
πρόθεσις, a purpose, proposition.
πρόνοια (providentia, Cic.), providence.
σκοπός, object, purpose.
στοιχεῖον, element.
συγκατάθεσις (assensio, approbatio, Cic.), assent; συγκαταθέσεις (probationes, Gellius, xix. 1).
συγκρίματα, things compounded ([ii. 3]).
σύγκρισις, the act of combining elements out of which a body is produced, combination.
σύνθεσις, ordering, arrangement (compositio).
σύστημα, system, a thing compounded of parts which have a certain relation to one another.
ὕλη, matter, material.
ὑλικόν, τό, the material principle.
ὑπεξαίρεσις, exception, reservation; μεθ᾽ ὑπεξαιρέσεως, conditionally.
ὑπόθεσις, material to work on; thing to employ the reason on; proposition, thing assumed as matter for argument and to lead to conclusions. (Quaestionum duo sunt genera; alterum infinitum, definitum alterum. Definitum est, quod ὑπόθεσιν Graeci, nos causam: infinitum, quod θέσιν illi appellant, nos propositum possumus nominare. Cic. See Aristot. Anal. Post. i. c. 2).
ὑποκείμενα, τά, things present or existing, vi. 4; or things which are a basis or foundation.
ὑπόληψις, opinion.
ὑπόστασις, basis, substance, being, foundation (x. 5). Epictetus has τὸ ὑποστατικὸν καὶ οὐσιῶδες. (Justinus ad Diogn. c. 2.)
ὑφίστασθαι, to subsist, to be.
φαντασίαι(visus, Cic.); appearances, thoughts, impressions (visa animi, Gellius, xix. 1): φαντασία ἐστὶ τύπωσις ἐν ψυχῄ.
φάντασμα, seems to be used by Antoninus in the same sense as φαντασία. Epictetus uses only φαντασία.
φανταστόν, that which produces a φαντασία: φανταστὸν τὸ τεπσιηκὸς τὴν φαντασίαν αίσθητόν.
φύσις, nature.
φύσις ἡ τῶν ὄλων, the nature of the universe.
ψυχή, soul, life, living principle.
ψυχὴ λογική, νοερά, a rational soul, an intelligent soul
[[Greek transliteration from eidos]: Hôs de ge ahi prôtai ousiai pros ta alla echousin, outô kai to eidos pros to genos echei hypokeitai gar to eidos tô genei]
GENERAL INDEX.
*** The paragraphs (par.) and lines (l.) are those of the sections.
Active, man is by nature, [ix. 16.]
Advice from the good to be taken, [vii. 21]; [viii. 16.]
Affectation,[vii. 60]; [viii. 30]; [xi. 18] (par. 9), [19].
Anger discouraged, [vi. 26], [27]; [xi. 18].
Anger, offenses of, [ii. 10.]
Anger, uselessness of, [v. 28]; [viii. 4]
Appearances not to be regarded, [v. 36]; [vi. 3], [13].
Astonishment should not be felt at any thing that happens, [viii. 15]; [xii. 1] (sub fine), [13].
Attainment, what is within every one's, [vii. 67]; [viii. 8.]
Attention to what is said or done, [vi. 53]; [vii. 4], [30]; [viii. 22.]
Bad, the, [ii. 1.]
Beautiful, the, [ii. 1.]
Casual. See Formal.
Change keeps the world ever new, [vii. 25]; [viii. 50] (l. 13); [xii. 23] (l. 10)
Change, law of, [iv. 3] (sub f.), [36], [v. 13], [23]; [vi. 4], [15], [36]; [vii. 18]; [viii. 6]; [ix. 19], [28] (par. 2), [35]; [x. 7], [18]; [xii. 21.]
Change, no evil in, [iv. 42.]
Christians, the [xi. 3.]
Circle, things come round in a, [ii. 14.]
Comedy, new, [xi. 6.]
Comedy, Old, [xi. 6.]
Complaining, uselessness of, [viii. 17], [50.]
Connection. See Universe.
Conquerers are robbers, [x. 10.]
Contentment. See Resignation.
Co-operation. See Mankind and Universe.
Daemon, the, [ii. 13], [17]; [iii. 6] (l. 8), [7], [16] (l. 18); [v. 10] (sub f.) [27]; [xii. 3] (sub. f.).
Death, [ii. 11], [12], [17]; [iii. 3], [7]; [iv. 5]; [v. 33]; [vi. 2], [24], [28]; [vii. 32]; [viii. 20], [58]; [ix. 3], [21]; [x. 36]; [xii. 23], [23], [35.]
Death inevitable, [iii. 3]; [iv. 3] (l. 22), [6], [32], [48], [50]; [v. 33]; [vi. 47]; [viii. 25], [31.]
Desire, offenses of, [ii. 10.]
Destiny, [iii. 11] (l. 19); [iv. 26]; [v. 8] (l. 13, etc.), [24]; [vii. 57]; [x. 5.]
Discontent. See Resignation.
Doubts discussed, [vi. 10]; [vii. 75]; [ix. 28], [39]; [xii. 5], [14],
Duty, all-importance of, [vi. 2], [22]; [x. 22.]
Earth, insignificance of the, [iii. 10]; [iv. 3] (par. 1, sub f.); [vi. 2]; [viii. 21]; [xii. 32.]
Earthly things, transitory nature of, [ii. 12], [17]; [iv. 32], [33], [35], [48]; [v. 23]; [vi. 15], [36]; [vii. 21], [34]; [viii. 21], [25]; [x. 18], [31]; [xii. 27].
Earthly things, worthlessness of, [ii. 12]; [v. 10], [33]; [vi. 15]; [vii. 3]; [ix. 24], [36]; [xi. 2]; [xii. 27].
Equanimity, [x. 8].
Example, we should not follow bad, [vi. 6]; [vii. 65].
Existence, meanness of, [viii. 24].
Existence, the object of, [v. 1]; [viii. 19].
External things cannot really harm a man, or affect the soul, [ii. 11] (l. 22); [iv. 3] (par. 2, sub f.); [8], [39], [49] (par. 2); [v. 35]; [vii. 64]; [viii. 1] (sub f.); [32], [51] (par. 2); [ix. 31]; [x. 33].
Failure, [x. 12].
Fame, worthlessness of, [iii. 10]; [iv. 3] (l. 45), [19], [33] (l. 10); [v. 33]; [vi. 16], [18]; [vii. 34]; [viii. 1], [44]; [ix. 30].
Fear, what we ought to, [xii. 1] (l. 18).
Fellowship. See Mankind.
Few things necessary for a virtuous and happy life, [ii. 5]; [iii. 10]; [vii. 67]; [x. 8] (l. 22).
Flattery, [xi. 18] (par. 10).
Formal, the, and the material, [iv. 21] (par. 2); [v. 13]; [vii. 10], [29]; [viii. 11]; [ix. 25]; [xii. 8], [10], [18].
Future, we should not be anxious about the, [vii. 8]; [viii. 11]; [ix. 25]; [xii. 1.]
Gods, perfect justice of the, [xii. 5] (par. 2).
Gods, the, [vi. 44]; [xii. 28].
Gods, the, cannot be evil, [ii. 11]; [vi. 44].
Good, the, [ii. 1].
Habit of thought, [v. 16].
Happiness, what is true, [v. 9] (sub f.), [34]; [viii. 1]; [x. 33.]
Help to be accepted from others, [xii. 7].
Heroism, true, [xi. 18] (par. 10).
Ignorance. See Wrong-doing.
Independence. See Self-reliance.
Indifferent things, [ii. 11] (sub f.); [ix. 39]; [vi 32]; [ix, 1]; (l. 30).
Individual, the. See Interests.
Infinity. See Time.
Ingratitude. See Mankind.
Injustice, [ix. 1].
Intelligent soul, rational beings participate in the same, [iv. 40]; [ix. 8], [9]; [x. 1] (l. 15); [xii. 26], [30].
Interests of the whole and the individual identical, [iv. 23]; [v. 8] (l. 34); [vi. 45], [54]; [x. 6], [20], [33] (sub f.); [xii. 23] (l. 12).
Justice, [v. 34]; [x. 11]; [xi. 10.]
Justice and reason identical, [xi. 1] (sub f.).
Justice prevails everywhere, [iv. 10].
Leisure, we ought to have some, [viii. 51].
Life, a good, everywhere possible, [v. 16].
Life can only be lived once, [ii. 14]; [x. 31] (l. 11).
Life, shortness of, [ii. 4], [17]; [iii. 10], [14]; [iv. 17], [48] (sub f.). [50]; [vi. 15], [36], [56]; [x. 31], [34].
Life to be made a proper use of, without delay, [ii. 4]; [iii. 1], [14]; [iv. 17], [37]; [vii. 56]; [viii. 22]; [x. 31] (l. 14); [xii. 1] (l. 18).
Life, whether long or short, matters not, [vi. 49]; [ix. 33]; [xii. 36].
Magnanimity, [x. 8].
Mankind, co-operation and fellowship of, one with another; [ii. 1] (l. 11), [16]; [iii. 4] (sub f.); [11] (sub f.); [iv. 4], [33] (sub f.); [v. 16] (l. 11), [20]; [vi. 7], [14] (sub f.), [23], [39]; [vii. 5], [13], [22], [55]; [viii. 12], [26], [34], [43], [59]; [ix. 1], [9] (sub f.), [23], [31], [42] (sub. f.); [x. 36], (l. 16); [xi. 8], [21]; [xii. 20].
Mankind, folly and baseness of, [v. 10] (l. 9); [ix. 2], [3] (l. 13), [29]; [x. 15], [19].
Mankind, ingratitude of, [x. 36].
Material, the. See Formal.
Nature, after products of, [iii. 2]; [vi. 36].
Nature, bounds fixed by, [v. 1].
Nature, man formed by, to bear all that happens to him, [v. 18]; [viii. 46].
Nature, nothing evil, which is according to, [ii. 17] (sub f.); [vi. 33].
Nature of the universe. See Universe, nothing that happens is contrary to the nature of the.
Nature, perfect beauty of, [iii. 2]; [vi. 36].
Nature, we should live according to, [iv. 48] (sub. f.), [51]; [v. 3]. [25]; [vi. 16] (l. 12); [vii. 15], [55]; [viii. 1], [54]; [x. 33].
New, nothing, under the sun, [ii. 14] (l. 11); [iv. 44]; [vi. 37], [46]; [vii. 1], [49]; [viii. 6]; [ix. 14]; [x. 27]; [xi. 1.]
Object, we should always act with a view to some, [ii. 7], [16] (l. 12); [iii. 4]; [iv. 2]; [viii. 17]; [x. 37]; [xi. 21]; [xii. 20].
Obsolete, all things become, [iv. 33].
Omissions, sins of, [ix. 5].
Opinion, [iv. 3] (par. 2) (sub f.), [7], [12], [39]; [vi. 52], [57]; [vii. 2], [14], [16], [26], [68]; [viii. 14], [29], [40], [47], [49]; [ix. 13], [29] (l. 12), [32], [42] (l. 21); [x. 3]; [xi. 16], [18]; [xii. 22], [25].
Others' conduct not to be inquired into, [iii. 4]; [iv. 18]; [v. 25].
Others, opinion of, to be disregarded, [viii. 1] (l. 12); [x. 8] (l. 12), [11]; [xi. 13]; [xii. 4].
Others, we should be lenient towards, [ii. 13] (sub f.); [iii. 11] (sub f.); [iv. 3] (l. 16); [v. 33] (l. 17); [vi. 20], [27]; [vii. 26], [62], [63], [70]; [ix. 11], [27]; [x. 4]; [xi. 9], [13], [18]; [xii. 16].
Others, we should examine the ruling principles of; [iv. 38]; [ix. 18], [22], [27], [34].
Ourselves often to blame for expecting men to act contrary to their nature, [ix. 42] (l. 31).
Ourselves, reformation should begin with, [xi. 29].
Ourselves, we should judge, [x. 30]; [xi. 18] (par. 4).
Pain, [vii. 33], [64]; [viii. 28].
Perfection not to be expected in this world, [ix. 29] (l. 7).
Perseverance, [v. 9]; [x. 12].
Perturbation, [vi. 16] (sub f.); [viii. 58]; [ix. 31].
Pessimism, [ix. 35].
Philosophy, [v. 9]; [vi. 12]; [ix. 41] (l. 15).
Pleasure, he who pursues, is guilty of impiety, [ix. 1] (l. 24).
Pleasures are enjoyed by the bad, [vi. 34]; [ix. 1] (l. 30).
Power, things in our own, [v. 5], [10] (sub f.); [vi. 32], [41], [52], [58]; [vii. 2], [14], [54], [68]; [x. 32], [33].
Power, things not in our own, [v. 33] (sub f.); [vi. 41].
Practice is good, even in things which we despair of accomplishing, [xii. 6].
Praise, worthlessness of, [iii. 4] (sub f.); [iv. 20]; [vi. 16], [59]; [vii. 62]; [viii. 52], [53]; [ix. 34].
Prayer, the right sort of, [v. 7]; [ix. 40].
Present time the only thing a man really possesses, [ii. 14]; [iii. 10]; [viii. 44]; [xii. 3] (sub f.)
Procrastination, See Life to be made a proper use of, etc.
Puppet pulled by strings of desire, [ii. 2]; [iii. 16]; [vi. 16], [28]; [vii. 3], [29]; [xii. 19].
Rational soul. See Ruling part.
Rational soul, spherical form of the, [viii. 41] (sub f.); [xi. 12]; [xii. 3] (and see Ruling part).
Reason, all-prevailing, [v. 32]; [vi. 1], [40].
Reason and nature identical, [vii. 11].
Reason the, can adapt everything that happens to its own use, [v. 20]; [vi. 8]; [vii. 68] (l. 16); [viii. 35]; [x. 31] (sub f.).
Reason, we should live according to. See Nature.
Repentance does not follow renouncement of pleasure, [viii. 10].
Resignation and contentment, [iii. 4] (l. 27, etc.), [16] (l. 10, etc.); [iv. 23], [31], [33] (sub f.), [34]; [v. 8] (sub f.), [33] (l. 16); [vi. 16] (sub f.), [44], [49]; [vii. 27], [57]; [ix. 37]; [x. 1], [11], [14], [25], [28], [35].
Revenge, best kind of, [vi. 6].
Rising from bed, [v. 1]; [viii. 11].
Ruling part, the, [ii. 2]; [iv. 11], [19], [21], [26]; [vi. 14], [35]; [vii. 16], [55] (par. 2); [viii. 45], [48], [56], [57], [60], [61]; [ix. 15], [26]; [x. 24], [33] (l. 21), [38]; [xi. 1], [19], [20]; [xii. 3], [14].
Self-reliance and steadfastness of soul, [iii. 5] (sub f.), [12]; [iv. 14], [29] (l. 5), [49] (par. 1); [v. 3], [34] (l. 5); [vi. 44] (l. 15); [vii. 12], [15]; [ix. 28] (l. 8), [29] (sub f.); [xii. 14].
Self-restraint, [v. 33] (sub f.).
Self, we should retire into, [iv. 3] (l. 4 and par. 2); [vii. 28], [33], [59]; [viii. 48].
Senses, movements of the, to be disregarded, [v. 31] (l. 10); [vii. 55] (par. 2); [viii. 26], [39]; [x. 8] (l. 13); [xi. 19]; [xii. 1] (l. 18).
Social. See Mankind.
Steadfastness of soul. See Self-reliance.
Substance, the universal, [iv. 40]; [v. 24]; [vii. 19], [23]; [xii. 30].
Suicide, [v. 29]; [viii. 47] (sub f.); [x. 8] (l. 35).
Time compared to a river, [iv. 43].
Time, infinity of, [iv. 3] (l. 35), [50] (sub f.); [v. 24]; [ix. 32]; [xii. 7], [32].
Tragedy, [xi. 6].
Tranquillity of soul, [iv. 3]; [vi. 11]; [vii. 68]; [viii. 28].
Ugly, the, [ii. 1].
Unintelligible things, [v. 10].
Universe, harmony of the, [iv. 27], [45]; [v. 8] (l. 14).
Universe, intimate connection and co-operation of all things in the, one with another, [ii. 3], [9]; [iv. 29]; [v. 8], [30]; [vi. 38], [42], [43]; [vii. 9], [19], [68] (sub f.); [viii. 7]; [ix. 1]; [x. 1].
Universe, nothing that dies falls out of the, [viii. 18], [50] (l. 13); [x. 7] (l. 25).
Universe, nothing that happens is contrary to the nature of the, [v. 8], [10] (sub f.); [vi. 9], [58]; [viii. 5]; [xii. 26].
Unnecessary things, v. 45.
Unnecessary thoughts, words, and actions, [iii. 4]; [iv. 24].
Vain professions, [x. 16]; [xi. 15].
Virtue, [vi. 17].
Virtue its own reward, [v. 6]; [vii. 73]; [ix. 42]. (l. 47); [xi. 4].
Virtue, omnipotence of, [iv. 16].
Virtue, pleasure in contemplating, [vi. 48].
Whole, integrity of the, to be preserved, [v. 8] (sub f.).
Whole, the. See Interests.
Wickedness has always existed, [vii. 1].
Wickedness must exist in the world, [viii. 15], [50]; [ix. 42]; [xi. 18] (par. ii); [xii. 16].
Worst evil, the, [ix. 2] (l. 9.)
Worth and importance, things of real, [iv. 33] (sub f.); [v. 10] (l. 16); [vi. 16], [30] (l. 7), [47] (sub f.); [vii. 20], [44], [46], [58], [66]; [viii. 2], [3], [5]; [ix. 6], [12]; [x. 8] (l. 27), [11]; [xii. 1], [27], [31], [33].
Wrong-doing cannot really harm any one, [vii. 22]; [viii. 55]; [ix. 42] (l. 25); [x. 13] (par. 1); [xi. 18] (par. 7).
Wrong-doing injures the wrong-doer, [iv. 26]; [ix. 4], [38]; [xi. 18] (par. 3).
Wrong-doing owing to ignorance, [ii. 1], [13]; [vi. 27]; [vii. 22], [26], [62], [63]; [xi. 18] (par. 3); [xii. 22].
Wrong-doing to be left where it is, [vii. 29]; [ix. 20].
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