tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post7495639647936046089..comments2024-03-28T13:37:26.314-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Enchiridion XLIXGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-73163016398132299172022-03-01T13:21:58.222-05:002022-03-01T13:21:58.222-05:00If they do, it is by wild chance. They have only f...If they do, it is by wild chance. They have only fragments to go upon, and he was said to have been difficult to understand even by those who had a chance to study with him directly. Here Epictetus treats grasping him as the kind of substantial achievement that one has to learn not to be too proud of having accomplished, which suggests that most people who managed it were quite proud of themselves.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-7828668036271530612022-03-01T10:01:40.248-05:002022-03-01T10:01:40.248-05:00Wikipedia has a longish entry on Chrysippus, listi...Wikipedia has a longish entry on Chrysippus, listing some of his teachings. But in describing the fragments of one alleged to be so prolific and "diffuse and obscure in his utterances and careless in his style", I wonder if wikipedia represents him accurately.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com