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Discourses and Selected Writings - Penguin Classics
Epictetus, Robert F. Dobbin

New Edition

Paperback (28 Aug 2008)


Publishers Synopsis

The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion

I must die. But must I die bawling?

Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive exactly what is in our power to change and what is not, and in embracing our fate to live in harmony with god and nature. In this personal, practical guide to the ethics of Stoicism and moral self-improvement, Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, illness and fear, family, friendship and love.

Translated and Edited with an Introduction by Robert Dobbin


Book information

ISBN: 9780140449464
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date: 28 Aug 2008
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 188
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Sales rank: 2178
Number of pages: 276
Weight: 226g
Height: 128mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 18mm