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No writings of Epictetus himself are really known. His discourses were transcribed and compiled by his pupil Arrian (author of the Anabasis Alexandri). The main work is The Discourses, four books of which have been preserved (out of an original eight)....
Although he was born into slavery and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus (ca. 50âca. 130 AD) maintained that all people are free to control their lives and to live in harmony with nature. We will always be happy, he argue...
Although he was born into slavery and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus (ca. 50âca. 130 AD) maintained that all people are free to control their lives and to live in harmony with nature. We will always be happy, he argue...
'About things that are within our power and those that are not.' Epictetus's Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They set out the core ethical principles of...
In this personal and practical guide to moral self-improvement and living a good life, the second-century philosopher Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, stubbornness and fear, family, friendship and love, and leaves an intriguing...
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Unabridged version of Enchiridion, by Epictetus, and translated by George Long, with footnotes. In this classic Epictetus teaches that philosophy is not just thought, but life in practice.