"Lay down for yourself, at the outset, a certain stamp and type of character for yourself, which you are to maintain whether you are by yourself or are meeting people"
— Epictetus (c. 55-c.135)
Author
Work Title
Date
w. 55-135
Metaphor
"Lay down for yourself, at the outset, a certain stamp and type of character for yourself, which you are to maintain whether you are by yourself or are meeting people"
Metaphor in Context
Lay down for yourself, at the outset, a certain stamp and type of character [kharaktera tai tupon] for yourself, which you are to maintain whether you are by yourself or are meeting people.
(pp. 516-7)
(pp. 516-7)
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Provenance
Reading Lawrence Klein's Shaftesbury and the Culture of Politeness. Cambridge: CUP, 1994. p. 91.
Date of Entry
08/17/2004
