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FeteCommunistetoday at 4:55 PM2 repliesview on HN

An "enchiridion" is a manual or primer. Interestingly, in both ancient and modern Greek, ἐγχειρίδιον / εγχειρίδιο also means "dagger." Because both a small manual and a dagger were things that could fit comfortably in (εγχ / εν) your hand (χείρ / χέρι).

Not all that relevant to Epictetus, just wanted to add a little linguistic note.


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wincytoday at 5:09 PM

So the more accurate English word for enchiridion in the book sense is probably handbook?

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pinnochiotoday at 6:00 PM

Interesting. I thought it was a new menu item from Taco Bell.

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