HKB
Nor have any object in themselves.--Readers of Lotze will be reminded of the term Fuersichseinheit, used by him to denote the self-centered quality of true Being. The Greek here is [Greek: ouk auta proegoumena], [Greek: proegoumena], being the word used in Bk. I. viii. 13, and Bk. III. v. 5, for the leading objects or obligations of man.
Would that I had you with me!--In Long's translation the pronoun you is explained to mean God. I can see no reason for this interpretation. The words are, I think, supposed to be uttered by a disciple to his master: they are such as Epictetus may have heard from many of his own disciples as they left him to take their part in the world of action.
Cautious assent--i. e., caution in allowing oneself to entertain the impressions of appearances.