Virtue and happiness : the manual of Epictetus / calligraphy by Claude Mediavilla.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Epictetus.

Contributor:

• Mediavilla, Claude.

Series:

• Shambhala calligraphy

Standardized Title:

• Manual. English

Language:

• English
• Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

• Ethics, Ancient.
• Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
• Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First Shambhala edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Shambhala, 2003.

Language Note:

Calligraphy in Greek.

Summary:

Epictetus (pronounced Epic-TEE-tus) (55-135 CE) was a freed slave who became an influential philosopher of the Greco-Roman world. He taught his students that happiness lies in learning to desire that things be exactly as they are. These illustrated passages from The Manual of Epictetus emphasize the values of equanimity, freedom from passion, and virtuous action. Calligraphy in Greek.

ISBN:

1590300521

OCLC:

50417166