The Ethics of the Stoic Epictetus
An English Translation- William O. Stephens, Translator
William O. Stephens(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 1. January 1997
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Hardback
XIX, 335 pages
978-0-8204-3027-0 (ISBN)
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Born a slave, but later earning his freedom and founding a school for teaching Stoicism to the sons of Roman noblemen, Epictetus (c. 50-120 A.D.) has been a popular source of Stoic philosophy for centuries. Originally published in 1894 by the German scholar Adolf Bonhöffer and here translated into English for the first time, this work remains the most systematic and detailed study of Epictetus' ethics. The basis, content, and acquisition of virtue are methodically described, while important related points in Stoic ethics are discussed in an extensive appendix. Epictetus is compared throughout with the other late Stoics (Seneca, Marcus Aurelius), Cicero, the early Stoics (Zeno, Cleanthes, Chrysippus), and Christian moral thought. This approach shows that Stoic ethics continues to have great practical and pedagogical value.
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English
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New York
United States
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 15 cm
Weight
660 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-3027-0 (9780820430270)
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An English Translation- William O. Stephens, Translator
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The Ethics of the Stoic Epictetus
An English Translation- William O. Stephens, Translator
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2nd Edition
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The Translator: William O. Stephens is an assistant professor of Philosophy at Creighton University. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The University of Pennsylvania. In addition to journal articles on the concepts of love, fate, and naturalism in Stoicism, he has published writings on environmental ethics, ethics and animals, and philosophical vegetarianism.