Enchiridion / Epictetus ; translated by George Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epictetus.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Dover thrift editions

Standardized Title:

Manual. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Ethics, Ancient.

Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.

Conduct of life.

Genre:

Early works.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

iv, 56 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, 2004.

Summary:

Although he was born into slavery and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus (ca. 50-ca. 130 AD) maintained that all people are free to control their lives and to live in harmony with nature. We will always be happy, he argued, if we learn to desire that things should be exactly as they are. After attaining his freedom, Epictetus spent his entire career teaching philosophy and advising a daily regimen of self-examination. His pupil Arrianus later collected and published the master's lecture notes; the "Enchiridion, "or Manual, is a distillation of Epictetus' teachings and an instructional manual for a tranquil life. Full of practical advice, this work offers guidelines for those seeking contentment as well as for those who have already made some progress in that direction. Translated by George Long.

Notes:

This is an unabridged republication of the Enchiridion and "Fragments" from The discourses of Epictetus, with the Enchiridion and Fragments, originally published by A.L. Burt, New York.

ISBN:

0486433595

9780486433592

OCLC:

53831739

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