MED. 9.22Discipline of action
George Long · 1862EN · Long

Hasten to examine thy own TERMruling faculty and that of the universe and that of thy neighbour: thy own that thou mayest make it just: and that of the universe, that thou mayest DOGMAremember of what thou art a part; and that of thy neighbour, DOGMAthat thou mayest know whether he has acted ignorantly or with knowledge, and that thou mayest also consider that his ruling faculty is TERMakin to thine.

Original · ancient Greek

Τρέχε ἐπὶ τὸ σεαυτοῦ ἡγεμονικὸν καὶ τὸ τοῦ ὅλου καὶ τὸ τούτου. τὸ μὲν σεαυτοῦ, ἵνα νοῦν δίκαιον αὐτὸ ποιήσῃς· τὸ δὲ τοῦ ὅλου, ἵνα συμμνημονεύσῃς τίνος μέρος εἶ· τὸ δὲ τούτου, ἵνα ἐπιστήσῃς πότερον ἄγνοια ἢ γνώμη, καὶ ἅμα λογίσῃ ὅτι συγγενές.

Leopold · Teubner 1908
Commentary

Three ruling parts. "Run" (τρέχε) to three TERMἡγεμονικά at once — your own, the Whole's, and your neighbour's — each with its own aim. (1) Your own — to "make the mind just" (νοῦν δίκαιον): the discipline of action. (2) The Whole's — to "remember whose DOGMApart you are": the discipline of desire (one's place in the cosmos). (3) Your neighbour's — to see whether he erred in ignorance, and to remember he is TERMakin to you: the discipline of action (DOGMAsociability). Cf. the three relations at 8.27.

Diagnosis instead of anger. Entering another's ἡγεμονικόν (cf. 8.61, 9.18) here does not expose but makes kin: seeing the ignorance and the kinship, anger gives way to care. The three glances converge in one act — just and gentle. The governing discipline is action.

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Discipline of action

Original · ancient Greek

Τρέχε ἐπὶ τὸ σεαυτοῦ ἡγεμονικὸν καὶ τὸ τοῦ ὅλου καὶ τὸ τούτου. τὸ μὲν σεαυτοῦ, ἵνα νοῦν δίκαιον αὐτὸ ποιήσῃς· τὸ δὲ τοῦ ὅλου, ἵνα συμμνημονεύσῃς τίνος μέρος εἶ· τὸ δὲ τούτου, ἵνα ἐπιστήσῃς πότερον ἄγνοια ἢ γνώμη, καὶ ἅμα λογίσῃ ὅτι συγγενές.

Leopold · Teubner 1908
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Commentary

Three ruling parts. "Run" (τρέχε) to three TERMἡγεμονικά at once — your own, the Whole's, and your neighbour's — each with its own aim. (1) Your own — to "make the mind just" (νοῦν δίκαιον): the discipline of action. (2) The Whole's — to "remember whose DOGMApart you are": the discipline of desire (one's place in the cosmos). (3) Your neighbour's — to see whether he erred in ignorance, and to remember he is TERMakin to you: the discipline of action (DOGMAsociability). Cf. the three relations at 8.27.

Diagnosis instead of anger. Entering another's ἡγεμονικόν (cf. 8.61, 9.18) here does not expose but makes kin: seeing the ignorance and the kinship, anger gives way to care. The three glances converge in one act — just and gentle. The governing discipline is action.

DisciplineDiscipline of action
Record added2026-07-16
Statuspublished