§8.14.1Ὧι ἂν ἐντυγχάνῃς, εὐθὺς σαυτῷ πρόλεγε· οὖτος τίνα δόγματα ἔχει περὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ κακῶν;
Whomever you meet with, straightway say to yourself beforehand: "What opinions does this man hold concerning good and bad?
εἰ γὰρ περὶ ἡδονῆς καὶ πόνου καὶ τῶν ποιητικῶν ἑκατέρου καὶ περὶ δόξης, ἀδοξίας, θανάτου, ζωῆς, τοιάδε τινὰ δόγματα ἔχει, οὐδὲν θαυμαστὸν· ἢ ξένον μοι δόξει, ἐὰν τάδε τινὰ ποιῇ, καὶ μεμνήσομαι ὅτι ἀναγκάζεται οὕτως ποιεῖν.
For if concerning pleasure and pain and the things productive of each, and concerning glory, ignominy, death, life, he holds such and such opinions, it will seem nothing wonderful or strange to me if he does such and such things, and I shall remember that he is compelled to act in this way."