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A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion

Epictetus

PhilosophyEnglish
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Epictetus, born a slave in Phrygia, became one of the most influential teachers of Stoic philosophy, and his student Arrian wrote down his lessons in the…

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Epictetus
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Philosophy
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English
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About this book

Epictetus, born a slave in Phrygia, became one of the most influential teachers of Stoic philosophy, and his student Arrian wrote down his lessons in the Discourses. Their central idea is simple and demanding: some things are within our power, our judgements, desires and actions, and everything else, our bodies, property, reputation and even our lives, is not. Happiness, he argues, comes from caring only about what is ours to control. This volume gives a selection of the Discourses, lively, ironic and full of examples, followed by the Encheiridion, the short handbook that summarises them.

Context and significance

Epictetus (about 50–135) taught in Rome until the emperor Domitian expelled the philosophers, and then at Nicopolis in Greece; he wrote nothing himself. His teaching deeply influenced Marcus Aurelius, whose Meditations quote him. This translation is by George Long. The library also has another edition of The Enchiridion.

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