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The Teaching of Epictetus

Epictetus (trans. T. W. Rolleston) · c. 108 CE primary

passage 133 of 145 · CHAPTER I.

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in brief
Commentary connects Epictetus’s phrases to Homer and Stoic ideas of each person’s genius and a “way” to walk, likely referring to Stoic philosophy as a guiding path.

  1. Nor can I move without thy knowledge.--From Homer, Il. x. 279, 280, Odysseus to Athene.

  2. The Genius of each man.--[Greek: ton ekaston Daimona].

  3. A way wherein to walk.--Literally, the power of using a way. It seems to me likely that this term, way--[Greek: hodos], here signifies the Stoic philosophy, just as in the early Church it was used to signify Christianity (e. g., Acts xxii. 4, and xix. 9, 23).

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topics: counsel and advisers to rulers · fate, destiny, and necessity · myth and the gods of the nations · prudence and practical wisdom

The Teaching of Epictetus · Epictetus (trans. T. W. Rolleston) · 100–135