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Epictetus on moral philosophy

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Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius

From the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic comes an inspiring guide to the lives of the Stoics, and what the ancients can teach us about happiness, success, resilience and virtue.

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Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
2024
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The Discourses of Epictetus: The Handbook, Fragments

The stress on endurance, self-restraint, and power of the will to withstand calamity can often seem coldhearted. It is Epictetus, a lame former slave exiled by Emperor Domitian, who offers by far the most precise and humane version of Stoic ideals.

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Epictetus
1995
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Epictetus on What Is and What Isn’t in Our Control—Philosophy Core Concepts

This is a video in my new Core Concepts series—designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker.

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Epictetus
2013
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The Manual: A Philosopher’s Guide to Life

The Manual is a collection of Epictetus’ essential teachings and pithy sayings, compiled by his closet student. It is the most accessible and actionable guide to Stoic philosophy, as relevant today as it was in the Roman Empire.

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Epictetus, Sam Torode (foreword)
2017
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Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 27-53

The Enchiridion or Handbook of the first-century AD Stoic Epictetus was used as an ethical treatise both in Christian monasteries and by the sixth-century pagan Neoplatonist Simplicius. Simplicius chose it for beginners, rather than Aristotle's Ethics, because it presupposed no knowledge of logic.

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Epictetus, Tad Brennan (translator), Charles Brittain (translator)
2014
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Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 1-26

Epictetus' Handbook on ethics was used in Christian monasteries, and Simplicius' commentary on it was widely available up to the nineteenth century.

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Epictetus, Charles Brittain (translator), Tad Brennan (translator)
2014
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Epictetus: Discourses, Books 1–2

Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero’s reign (54–68 CE) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92 he settled permanently in Nicopolis in Epirus.

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Epictetus, W. A. Oldfather (translator)
1925
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Epictetus: Discourses, Books 3–4, Fragments, The Encheiridion

Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero’s reign (54–68 CE) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92 he settled permanently in Nicopolis in Epirus.

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Epictetus, W. A. Oldfather (translator)
1928
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The Discourses of Epictetus and the Enchiridion

The Discourses of Epictetus are a series of intensely practical informal lectures. Epictetus directs his students to focus attention on their opinions, anxieties, passions and desires, so that they may never fail to get what they desire.

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Epictetus
2020
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Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life

The philosophy of Epictetus, a freed slave in the Roman Empire, has been profoundly influential on Western thought: it offers not only stimulating ideas but practical guidance in living one's life. A. A.

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A. A. Long
2004
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