On God
In the sayings below, you will find that Epictetus thought all people were made equal by God. He also indicates that we have great powers and above all reason that god has bestowed upon us and that we must value these above all other things.
VI: Long passage on what man is given by God
IX: Why is adoption by Cæsar more valued than being created by God?
XVI: On the importance of being decedent from God
XX: Despite the great faculties God has given you, you still lament.
XXI: "Socrates ... was fully assured that he was the kinsman of Gods."
XXII: All things will be at once according to your mind and according to the Mind of God.
XXVIII: On peoples differing beliefs concerning God.
XXIX: On accepting what comes as from God
XXXIII: In reason thou art equal to the gods.
XXXIV: On eating with the Gods, and to treat all men as brothers.
XXXV: On appreciating what the Gods have given.
XXXVI: Concerning God's omnipresence.
XXXVII: On allegiance to God and God's companionship.
XLIX: On God, what is in our control and bearing witness.
LI: Only will and reason is in our control and pleasing God.
LIII: On God and his messengers.
LVIII: On seeking God as a guide.
LIX: The nature of God is good therefore: Intelligence, Knowledge and Right Reason.
LX: As thou art a fragment of God, see the good.
LXI: A beautiful long passage on the the strength of the knowledge of God.
LXVI: On God and Philosophers teaching that we must be imitators of God.
LXXVII: "you are fighting for Kingship, for Liberty, for Happiness, for Tranquillity. Remember God: call upon Him to aid thee, like a comrade that stands beside thee in the fight."
CX: Long passage on the Cynic's lack of God.
CXIII: On the Cynic as a messenger from God.
CXV: "Give thyself more diligently to reflection: know thyself: take counsel with the Godhead: without God put thine hand unto nothing!"
CXXII: "If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good."
CXXIII: On the connectedness of God, Men and Nature.
CXXIV: On God as the Father of all.
CXXVII: “It befits thee not to be unhappy by reason of any, but rather to be happy by reason of all men, and especially by reason of God, who formed us to this end.”
CXXXVII: Long passage on choosing God as one’s companion in life.
CXXXVIII: ” …That what God wills, he should will also; that what God wills not, neither should he will…”
CXXXIX: Long passage on being grateful for what God has given.
CXL: Long passage on being grateful for what God has given and the requirement to contribute to and make better the world.
CXLII: Long passage on being ready to give up all that God has given.
CXLIV: Long passage on having no expectations of the world and being a friend of God.
CXLVII: On happiness coming from the Gods.
CXLVIII: On God’s principles.
CLXIII: On Piety toward the Gods.
CLXXXV: “We shall then be like Socrates, when we can indite hymns of praise to the Gods in prison.”
CLXXXVIII: Long passage on what a man gains through the peace proclaimed by God through reason.
Epictetus image, by Frontispiece drawn by “Sonnem.” (? hard to read, left bottom corner) and engraved by “MB” (bottom right corner). Image scanned by the John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library. Image slightly improved by Aristeas. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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