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riches_n glory_n victory_n and_o other_o thing_n of_o that_o kind_n may_v happen_v to_o we_o by_o lawful_a way_n let_v we_o make_v this_o conclusion_n that_o of_o themselves_o they_o be_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a and_o that_o proper_o speak_v not_o any_o thing_n but_o wisdom_n be_v a_o good_a and_o nothing_o but_o folly_n that_o be_v evil._n a_o table_n of_o what_o thing_n be_v most_o remarkable_a in_o this_o treatise_n a_o grippinus_n pag._n 20._o ambition_n the_o cause_n of_o all_o misfortune_n p._n 27._o arrian_n p._n 2_o 3_o 4_o etc._n etc._n reduce_v epictetus_n '_o s_o philosophy_n to_o writing_n p._n 7._o be_v master_n to_o antoninus_n pin_n 40._o aversion_n p._n 62._o st._n augustine_n character_n of_o epictetus_n p._n 34._o aulus_n gellius_n p._n 3_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 38_o 39_o 46._o arabic_a paraphrase_n of_o cebes_n '_o s_o tablet_n p._n 124._o cebes_n '_o s_o tablet_n a_o representation_n of_o humane_a life_n p._n 122._o caselius_n p._n 123._o celsus_n p._n 13._o duty_n of_o child_n p._n 90._o commentary_n of_o epictetus_n p._n 41._o constancy_n p._n 69._o 71._o demonax_n p._n 4._o desire_n p._n 62._o diogenes_n p._n 74._o diog._n laertius_n p._n 17._o 110._o dion_z chrysostome_n p._n 3._o edict_n against_o the_o philosopher_n p._n 3._o 43._o elichman_n p._n 126._o epaphroditus_n captain_n of_o nero_n '_o s_o lifeguard_n p._n 1._o break_v epictetus_n '_o s_z leg._n p._n 17._o epictetus_n bear_v at_o hierapolis_n p._n 1._o a_o slave_n to_o epaphroditus_n p._n 2._o obtain_v his_o liberty_n p._n 4._o be_v not_o marry_v ibid._n always_o poor_a p._n 5._o his_o modesty_n ibid._n humility_n p._n 6._o write_v nothing_o ibid._n be_v a_o lover_n of_o neatness_n 8._o a_o cripple_n 9_o his_o contempt_n of_o great_a person_n 11._o his_o admirable_a constancy_n 13._o be_v a_o stoic_a p._n 22._o a_o imitator_n of_o socrates_n zeno_n and_o diogenes_n 23._o a_o enemy_n to_o the_o pyrrhonian_n 24._o be_v nice_a in_o point_n of_o friendship_n p._n 29._o his_o sentiment_n concern_v the_o deity_n and_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n 34_o 35._o wherein_o he_o dissent_v from_o the_o stoic_n his_o friendship_n with_o favorinus_n and_o herod_n the_o sophist_n 38._o of_o his_o death_n p._n 43._o epictetus_n '_o s_o life_n and_o death_n write_v by_o arrian_n p._n 41._o epictetus_n '_o s_o stile_n like_o that_o of_o socrates_n p._n 23._o epicurean_o blame_v p._n 4._o epictetus_n '_o s_z lamp_n p._n 38._o error_n p._n 135._o eteocles_n and_o polynices_n p._n 30._o eusebius_n p._n 3._o 47_o 48._o favourite_n p._n 11._o friendship_n wherein_o it_o consist_v p._n 31._o genebrard_n p._n 40._o genius_n p._n 134._o hadrian_n p._n 4._o helen_n p._n 25._o helvidius_n commend_v by_o epictetus_n p._n 18_o 19_o hercules_n p._n 18._o hierapolis_n p._n 1._o humility_n p._n 6._o st._n jerome_n p._n 35._o of_o the_o iliad_n p._n 25._o ignorance_n p._n 135._o imposture_n p._n 135_o 153._o lateranus_n commend_v by_o epictetus_n p._n 16._o laughter_n p._n 101._o leonidas_n p._n 9_o life_n compare_v to_o a_o banquet_n p._n 73._o life_n compare_v to_o a_o walk_n p._n 104._o lipsius_n p._n 40._o lucian_n 4._o 38._o lycurgus_n p._n 22._o macrobius_n p._n 9_o marcus_n aurelius_n p._n 38._o 41._o mark_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n p._n 111._o marriage_n not_o consistent_a with_o the_o state_n of_o perfection_n p._n 4._o mascardi_n p._n 124._o menelaus_n p._n 25_o 31._o of_o opinion_n and_o fortune_n p._n 24._o opinion_n the_o cause_n of_o our_o misfortune_n p._n 64_o 74._o origen_n p._n 12._o ostentation_n p._n 66._o paris_n 25_o 31._o patience_n p._n 69._o philarchus_n p._n 41._o planudes_n p._n 9_o plato_n p._n 27._o plutarch_n p._n 20._o pomponius_n mela._n p._n 154._o politian_n p._n 61._o prayer_n p._n 117._o pyrrho_n p._n 21._o religion_n p._n 91_o etc._n etc._n remedy_n against_o all_o accident_n p._n 68_o reservedness_n in_o judge_v other_o 108._o resolution_n p._n 102._o rufus_n p._n 28._o salmasius_n p._n 43_o etc._n etc._n 126._o self-distrust_n p._n 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