Discourses and Selected Writings (42 page)

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Reading
for
.

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The translation assumes the change of
to
.

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§18 is added to the text
exempli gratia
to eke out the argument and emend an evident lacuna.

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The translation assumes that the phrase ‘good and natural’ is repeated, which the argument seems to require.

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The translation assumes the deletion of δ’ after τà.

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The translation assumes the reading ‘plants’ (φύτα) transmitted in the text of Stobaeus to ‘leaves’ (φύλα) in the MSS.

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The translation assumes the emendation of
to
.

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The translation assumes that
is not part of the quotation but a remark on it. In Epictetus’ milieu it was probably not uncommon for someone to ask another for help in understanding a bit of Latin, whether as part of an inscription, for example, or letter.

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The translation of §8 assumes Schenkl’s supplement to the text:
…

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The following reading is assumed in the translation of §§10–11 (conjectural supplements in brackets):
.

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The translation assumes that
, the last word in §4, should be emended to the dative
(‘comes crying
to
him’).

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The change of the aorist
to the future
has been assumed in the translation, based on comparison with the discussion of Epicurus’ ethical views transmitted in Diogenes Laertius,
The Lives of the Philosophers
X 119.