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  • "The man who has best ordered the element of disquiet arising from external circumstances has made those things that he could akin to himself, and the rest at least not alien; but with all to which he could not do even this, he has refrained from mixing, and has expelled from his life all which it was of advantage to treat thus." Epicurus PD39 (Bailey)

    "The man who has best ordered the element of disquiet arising from external circumstances has made those things that he could akin to himself, and the rest at least not alien; but with all to which he could not do even this, he has refrained from mixing, and has expelled from his life all which it was of advantage to treat thus." Epicurus PD39 (Bailey)

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December 18, 2024 at 4:43 PM

"has made those things that he could akin to himself, and the rest at least not alien"

"made into one family all the creatures he could; and those he could not, he at any rate did not treat as aliens"


I cannot read the greek, but one question, is there "oikeiosis" in the text because auf this "familiarizing" ?

Would be interesting because oikeiosis I thought Hermarchos was the first who considered it and the Stoics ethics has a point with it.

And with which translator could I read it more clearer ? I have no clue about Ancient greek or their letters but I know some words like hedone, oikeiosis and so on but couldn´t read any word in the greek text above ; )

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