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Ancient contents - Book IV · Contents.IV.35-42–Contents.IV.43-49
Ancient Greek
p. 175235-42
35. Περὶ νόσου καὶ ἰάσεως.
36. Περὶ ὑγιείας καὶ διαμονῆς αὐτῆς.
37. Περὶ ἰατρῶν.
38. Περὶ εὐδαιμονίας.
39. Περὶ κακοδαιμονίας.
40. Ὅτι ἀβέβαιος ἡ τῶν ἀνθρώπων εὐπραξία.
41. Περὶ τῶν παρ᾽ ἀξίαν εὐτυχούντων.
42. Περὶ τῶν παρ᾽ ἀξίαν δυστυχούντων.
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43. Ὅτι δεῖ γενναίως φέρειν τὰ προσπίπτοντα.
44. Ὅτι δεῖ τὰς εὐτυχίας προφαίνειν, τὰς δὲ ἀτυχίας κρύπτειν.
45. Περὶ ἐλπίδος.
46. Περὶ τῶν παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα.
47. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ ἐπιχαίρειν τοῖς ἀτυχοῦσιν.
48. Ὅτι οἱ ἀτυχοῦντες χρῄζουσι τῶν συμπασχόντων.
49. ⟨Ὅτι ῥᾷον ἄλλον παραινεῖν ἢ ἑαυτόν⟩.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Ancient contents - Book IV
p. 175335-42 · Health, happiness, and fortune
35. On disease and healing.
36. On health and its preservation.
37. On physicians.
38. On happiness.
39. On unhappiness.
40. That human prosperity is unstable.
41. On those who enjoy good fortune beyond their deserts.
42. On those who suffer undeserved misfortune.2114
43-49 · Endurance, expectation, and sympathy
43. That one must bear bravely whatever befalls.
44. That one should display good fortune but conceal misfortune.
45. On hope.
46. On the unexpected.
47. That one should not rejoice at the misfortunes of others.
48. That the unfortunate need people who share their suffering.
49. ⟨That it is easier to advise someone else than oneself⟩.2115
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