Like the Discourses¸ this work was compiled by the author's student, Arrian.
One section of this work warns that if you leave an anchored ship to play with a shellfish or an onion on the shore, you must always be listening for the captain's call lest you be left behind. Another section of this work advises that life be treated as a dinner party, in that one should wait for goods to arrive, enjoy them moderately, and allow them to pass away at the appropriate time. This work ends with a quote from Plato's Apology reading, "Anytus and Melitus may kill me indeed, but hurt me they cannot." The author of this work states that "Lameness is…not [a hindrance] to your ability to choose" to show his strength despite his broken left leg. This work asserts that our judgments about objects, not the objects themselves, are harmful, and it urges the reader to consider those things out of his control as being nothing to him. Like the Discourses¸ this work was compiled by the author's student, Arrian. For 10 points, name this short collection of practical Stoic aphorisms, written by Epictetus.
One section of this work warns that if you leave an anchored ship to play with a shellfish or an onion on the shore, you must always be listening for the captain's call lest you be left behind.
{Enchiridion} or the {Handbook}