A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion
Epictetus · English
Epictetus (c. AD 50 to c. 135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher who was born a slave and later taught at Nicopolis in Epirus. His teaching survives…
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Epictetus (c. AD 50 to c. 135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher who was born a slave and later taught at Nicopolis in Epirus. His teaching survives through his pupil Arrian, who recorded his lectures as the Discourses and condensed their core into the Encheiridion, or Manual. Both turn on one distinction: some things, such as our judgments and desires, are within our power, while the body, property, and reputation are not, and freedom comes from attending only to the first. This edition gives George Long's translation of a selection from the Discourses together with the Encheiridion, preceded by a biographical note.
A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion
Epictetus · English
Epictetus (c. AD 50 to c. 135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher who was born a slave and later taught at Nicopolis in Epirus. His teaching survives…
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Very little is known of the life of Epictetus. It is said that he was a native of Hierapolis in Phrygia, a town between the Maeander and a branch of the Maeander named the Lycus. Hierapolis is mentioned in the epistle of Paul to the people of Colossae (Coloss. iv., 13); from which it has been concluded that there was a Christian church in Hierapolis in the time of the apostle. The date of the birth of Epictetus is unknown. The only recorded fact of his early life is that he was a slave in Rome, and his master was Epaphroditus, a profligate freedman of the Emperor Nero. There is a story that th
Pagera Editor's Note
Epictetus (c. AD 50 to c. 135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher who was born a slave and later taught at Nicopolis in Epirus. His teaching survives through his pupil Arrian, who recorded his lectures as the Discourses and condensed their core into the Encheiridion, or Manual. Both turn on one distinction: some things, such as our judgments and desires, are within our power, while the body, property, and reputation are not, and freedom comes from attending only to the first. This edition gives George Long's translation of a selection from the Discourses together with the Encheiridion, preceded by a biographical note.
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