Chapter 42 of 192
Short Works, Chapter 42: The Enchiridion — XLII
by Epictetus · 50s · read by Earbook narrator
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When any person treats you ill or speaks ill of you, remember that he does this or says this because he thinks that it is his duty. It is not possible then for him to follow that which seems right to you, but that which seems right to himself. Accordingly if he is wrong in his opinion, he is the person who is hurt, for he is the person who has been deceived; for if a man shall suppose the true conjunction to be false, it is not the conjunction which is hindered, but the man who has been deceived about it. If you proceed then from these opinions, you will be mild in temper to him who reviles you: for say on each occasion, It seemed so to him.
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- 1The Enchiridion — I
- 2The Enchiridion — II
- 3The Enchiridion — III
- 4The Enchiridion — IV
- 5The Enchiridion — V
- 6The Enchiridion — VI
- 7The Enchiridion — VII
- 8The Enchiridion — VIII
- 9The Enchiridion — IX
- 10The Enchiridion — X
- 11The Enchiridion — XI
- 12The Enchiridion — XII
- 13The Enchiridion — XIII
- 14The Enchiridion — XIV
- 15The Enchiridion — XV
- 16The Enchiridion — XVI
- 17The Enchiridion — XVII
- 18The Enchiridion — XVIII
- 19The Enchiridion — XIX
- 20The Enchiridion — XX
- 21The Enchiridion — XXI
- 22The Enchiridion — XXII
- 23The Enchiridion — XXIII
- 24The Enchiridion — XXIV
- 25The Enchiridion — XXV
- 26The Enchiridion — XXVI
- 27The Enchiridion — XXVII
- 28The Enchiridion — XXVIII
- 29The Enchiridion — XXIX
- 30The Enchiridion — XXX
- 31The Enchiridion — XXXI
- 32The Enchiridion — XXXII
- 33The Enchiridion — XXXIII
- 34The Enchiridion — XXXIV
- 35The Enchiridion — XXXV
- 36The Enchiridion — XXXVI
- 37The Enchiridion — XXXVII
- 38The Enchiridion — XXXVIII
- 39The Enchiridion — XXXIX
- 40The Enchiridion — XL
- 41The Enchiridion — XLI
- 42The Enchiridion — XLII
- 43The Enchiridion — XLIII
- 44The Enchiridion — XLIV
- 45The Enchiridion — XLV
- 46The Enchiridion — XLVI
- 47The Enchiridion — XLVII
- 48The Enchiridion — XLVIII
- 49The Enchiridion — XLIX
- 50The Enchiridion — L
- 51The Enchiridion — LI
- 52The Enchiridion — LII
- 53The Enchiridion — LIII
- 54Fragments — I
- 55Fragments — II
- 56Fragments — III
- 57Fragments — IV
- 58Fragments — V
- 59Fragments — VI
- 60Fragments — VII
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- 62Fragments — IX
- 63Fragments — X
- 64Fragments — XI
- 65Fragments — XII
- 66Fragments — XIII
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- 68Fragments — XV
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- 72Fragments — XIX
- 73Fragments — XX
- 74Fragments — XXI
- 75Fragments — XXII
- 76Fragments — XXIII
- 77Fragments — XXIV
- 78Fragments — XXV
- 79Fragments — XXVI
- 80Fragments — XXVII
- 81Fragments — XXVIII
- 82Fragments — XXIX
- 83Fragments — XXX
- 84Fragments — XXXI
- 85Fragments — XXXII
- 86Fragments — XXXIII
- 87Fragments — XXXIV
- 88Fragments — XXXV
- 89Fragments — XXXVI
- 90Fragments — XXXVII
- 91Fragments — XXXVIII
- 92Fragments — XXXIX
- 93Fragments — XL
- 94Fragments — XLI
- 95Fragments — XLII
- 96Fragments — XLIII
- 97Fragments — XLIV
- 98Fragments — XLV
- 99Fragments — XLVI
- 100Fragments — XLVII
- 101Fragments — XLVIII
- 102Fragments — XLIX
- 103Fragments — L
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- 108Fragments — LV
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- 112Fragments — LIX
- 113Fragments — LX
- 114Fragments — LXI
- 115Fragments — LXII
- 116Fragments — LXIII
- 117Fragments — LXIV
- 118Fragments — LXV
- 119Fragments — LXVI
- 120Fragments — LXVII
- 121Fragments — LXVIII
- 122Fragments — LXIX
- 123Fragments — LXX
- 124Fragments — LXXI
- 125Fragments — LXXII
- 126Fragments — LXXIII
- 127Fragments — LXXIV
- 128Fragments — LXXV
- 129Fragments — LXXVI
- 130Fragments — LXXVII
- 131Fragments — LXXVIII
- 132Fragments — LXXIX
- 133Fragments — LXXX
- 134Fragments — LXXXI
- 135Fragments — LXXXII
- 136Fragments — LXXXIII
- 137Fragments — LXXXIV
- 138Fragments — LXXXV
- 139Fragments — LXXXVI
- 140Fragments — LXXXVII
- 141Fragments — LXXXVIII
- 142Fragments — LXXXIX
- 143Fragments — XC
- 144Fragments — XCI
- 145Fragments — XCII
- 146Fragments — XCIII
- 147Fragments — XCIV
- 148Fragments — XCV
- 149Fragments — XCVI
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- 151Fragments — XCVIII
- 152Fragments — XCIX
- 153Fragments — C
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- 157Fragments — CIV
- 158Fragments — CV
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- 162Fragments — CIX
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- 164Fragments — CXI
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- 174Fragments — CXXI
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- 177Fragments — CXXIV
- 178Fragments — CXXV
- 179Fragments — CXXVI
- 180Fragments — CXXVII
- 181Fragments — CXXVIII
- 182Fragments — CXXIX
- 183Fragments — CXXX
- 184Fragments — CXXXI
- 185Fragments — CXXXII
- 186Fragments — CXXXIII
- 187Fragments — CXXXIV
- 188Fragments — CXXXV
- 189Fragments — CXXXVI
- 190Fragments — CLXXIX
- 191Fragments — CLXXX
- 192Fragments — CLXXXI