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XV.	That we ought to approach each separate thing with circumspection.
XVI.	That one should enter cautiously into social intercourse.
XVII.	Of Providence.
XVIII.	That we ought not to allow any news to disturb us.
XIX.	What is the position of the layman, and what that of the philosopher?
XX.	That it is possible to derive advantage from everything external.
XXI.	To those who enter light heartedly upon the profession of lecturing.
XXII.	On the calling of a Cynic.
XXIII.	To those who read and discuss for the purpose of display.
XXIV.	That we ought not to yearn for the things which are not under our control.
XXV.	To those who fail to achieve their purposes.
XXVI.	To those who fear want.

CHAPTER I

Of personal adornment

Once, when he was visited by a young student of rhetoric whose hair was somewhat too elaborately dressed, and whose attire in general was highly embellished, Epictetus said: Tell me if you do not think that some dogs are beautiful, and some horses, and so every other creature.—I do, said the young man.—Is not the same true also of men, some of them are handsome, and some ugly?—Of course.—Do we, then, on the same grounds, pronounce each of these creatures in its own kind beautiful, or do we pronounce each beautiful on special grounds? I shall show you what I mean. Since we see that a dog is born to do one thing, and a horse another, and, if you will, a nightingale for something else, in general

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