Epictetus, Discourses 3.22 API - urantia.dev

The API serves Discourses 3.22: On the Calling of a Cynic (W. A. Oldfather, 1928) as JSON, one passage at a time, by the reference people use. Epictetus on the life and calling of a Cynic philosopher. It has 22 passages in 1 book. No key and no account.

Get a passage

# Epictetus 3.22.45-49
curl https://api.urantia.dev/scriptures/epictetus-cynic/3.22.45
# A whole book
curl https://api.urantia.dev/scriptures/epictetus-cynic/3.22

{
  "data": {
    "corpus": {
      "slug": "epictetus-cynic",
      "title": "Discourses 3.22: On the Calling of a Cynic",
      "translator": "W. A. Oldfather",
      "year": 1928
    },
    "passages": [
      {
        "ref": "Epictetus 3.22.45-49",
        "division": 3,
        "text": "And how is it possible for a man who has nothing, who is naked, without home or hearth, in squalor, without a slave, without a city, to live serenely? Behold, God has sent you the man who will show in practice that it..."
      }
    ]
  }
}

The slug epictetus-cynic, the id epictetus-3-22-oldfather-1928, and the prefix epictetus all name this text.

References

Book, chapter, and section, Epictetus 3.22.45. Oldfather numbers every fifth section, so each passage covers up to five sections, and 3.22.47 returns Epictetus 3.22.45-49. Ask for 3.22 to get the whole chapter. GET /scriptures/epictetus-cynic lists every book with its first and last reference.

Search

# By meaning
curl -X POST https://api.urantia.dev/scriptures/search/semantic \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q":"your question","corpus":"epictetus-cynic","limit":5}'
# By keyword
curl 'https://api.urantia.dev/works/search?q=your%20words&work=epictetus-cynic'

Each passage also links to the closest paragraphs of the Urantia Papers: GET /scriptures/epictetus-cynic/3.22.45/urantia-parallels. The world religions guide explains how the links are made, and the MCP server has the same calls for AI agents.

Source

Text: Discourses 3.22: On the Calling of a Cynic, translated by W. A. Oldfather (1928)
Source: en.wikisource.org
License: Public domain in the United States
Notes: One chapter of the Discourses, as reported by Arrian. Oldfather marks every fifth section, so each passage covers up to five sections, such as 3.22.5-9.