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.
Born into slavery, and later freed, he tells what he learned across his varied life both in paragraph and parable form. Included here are just the Encheiridion and Fragments portions from The Discourses of Epictetus, with the Encheiridion and Fragments.
Epictetus influenced many both past and present, including Marcus Aurelius, who quotes Epictetus in his classic book Meditations.
Read the resonating knowledge that has come from 2000 years ago, in this affordably printed volume.
Table of Contents
A LIFE OF EPICTETUS 3
THE ENCHEIRIDION, OR MANUAL 5
FRAGMENTS OF EPICTETUS 18
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978-1-64032-075-8 (9781640320758)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Epictetus (c.a. CE 5 - CE 135) was born a slave in present day Turkey in the Roman Empire. However, his master allowed him to study Stoic Philosophy, and he became one of the most respected philosophers of his time, being widely read and quoted by subsequent Stoics. He was a powerful speaker who could induce any emotion he wanted in his listener, and many eminent figures, including the Emperor Hadrian, sought his conversation. Despite lameness and persistent ill health, but perhaps due to his simple lifestyle and philosophy, he lived to an age of about 80 which was remarkable at the time.
