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Epictetus, Discourses (ed. George Long), book 3 (search)
we suppose that he does, nothing will prevent him from marrying and begetting children; for his wife will be another like himself, and his father in law another like himself, and his children will be brought up like himself. But in the present state of things which is like that of an army placed in battle order, is it not fit that the Cynic should without any distraction be employed only on the ministration of God,It is remarkable that Epictetus here uses the same word (a)perispa/stws) with St. Paul, 1 Cor. vii. 35, and urges the same consideration, of applying wholly to the service of God, to dissuade from marriage. His observation too that the state of things was then (w(s e)n parata/cei) like that of an army prepared for battle, nearly resembles the Apostle's (e)nestw=sa a)na/gkh) present necessity. St. Paul says 2 Tim. ii. 4 (ou)dei\s strateuo/menos e)mple/ketai etc.) no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life. So Epictetus says here that a Cynic must not be (e