Across the works
Connections
Passages where one text in the library quotes, preserves, or retells another.
Marcus quoting Epictetus
Sayings Marcus Aurelius copied into his notebook from Epictetus, beside the Discourses where they appear.
- Looking for a fig in winter. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations XI.33 and Epictetus, Discourses III.24 §85.
- Kissing one’s child and remembering it is mortal. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations XI.34 and Epictetus, Discourses III.24 §85.
- Grapes unripe, ripe and dried: change, not loss. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations XI.35 and Epictetus, Discourses III.24 §90.
- No one can rob us of our moral choice. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations XI.36 and Epictetus, Discourses III.22 §105.
Fragments preserved by Marcus
Words of Epictetus known to us through Marcus, and kept among Epictetus’s fragments.
- The soul as a little thing carrying a corpse. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations IV.41 and Epictetus, Fragment 26.
- Fortunate, not unhappy, when misfortune comes. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations IV.49 and Epictetus, Fragment 28b.
- An art of assent, and desire held back. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations XI.37 and Epictetus, Fragment 27.
- A question of madness or sanity. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations XI.38 and Epictetus, Fragment 28.
- Socrates on rational and irrational souls. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations XI.39 and Epictetus, Fragment 28a.
The Enchiridion and the Discourses
Chapters of Arrian’s handbook beside the fuller discussions they condense.
- Kissing one’s child and remembering it is mortal. Epictetus, Enchiridion 3 and Epictetus, Discourses III.24 §85.
- Consider what comes first and what follows. Epictetus, Enchiridion 29 and Epictetus, Discourses III.15 §1.
- Digest your principles rather than display them. Epictetus, Enchiridion 46 and Epictetus, Discourses III.21 §1.
- Train for yourself: the mouthful of cold water. Epictetus, Enchiridion 47 and Epictetus, Discourses III.12 §15.
- Chrysippus as the interpreter of nature. Epictetus, Enchiridion 49 and Epictetus, Discourses I.17 §15.
Epictetus remembering Musonius
Sayings of Musonius Rufus that his student Epictetus recalls in the Discourses.
- Thrasea’s choice between death and exile. Epictetus, Discourses I.1 §25 and Musonius Rufus, Fragment 43.
- The syllogism and the Capitol. Epictetus, Discourses I.7 §30 and Musonius Rufus, Fragment 44.
- Why ask a teacher to intercede for you? Epictetus, Discourses I.9 §25 and Musonius Rufus, Fragment 45.
- The stone thrown upward falls back. Epictetus, Discourses III.6 §5 and Musonius Rufus, Fragment 46.
- Galba’s murder and divine Providence. Epictetus, Discourses III.15 §10 and Musonius Rufus, Fragment 47.
- Praise from pupils means the teaching failed. Epictetus, Discourses III.23 §25 and Musonius Rufus, Fragment 48.