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Discourses and Selected Writings

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Discourses and Selected Writings brings together the teaching of Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher who was born a slave in the Roman Empire, was later freed and taught in Nicopolis in Greece. The Discourses are informal lectures given around AD 108 and written down by his pupil Arrian.

This selection also includes his short handbook of advice and fragments of other sayings. They deal with what is and is not in our power, how to meet hardship and how to live with self-control. The text is also an important example of Koine, the common Greek of the period.

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Epictetus

Was born into slavery in Phrygia, worked in Rome for a secretary of Nero, was lamed for life, and was eventually freed and exiled along with every other philosopher when Domitian expelled them. He wrote nothing. The Discourses and the shorter Enchiridion were taken down by his student Arrian, which is the same route by which Socrates survives.

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Author
Epictetus
Reading time
About 7 hours
Pages
320
Language
English
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