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Epictetus : a Stoic and Socratic guide to life / A.A. Long.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Long, A. A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epictetus.
- Stoics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages)
- Other Title:
- Stoic and Socratic guide to life
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A.A. Long, a leading scholar of later ancient philosophy, gives the definitive presentation of the thought of Epictetus for a broad readership, showing its continued relevance.
- Contents:
- Epictetus in his time and place
- The discourses
- The Socratic paradigm
- Philosophy and pedagogy
- Reading Epictetus
- Natures : divine, human, animal
- From theology to ethics
- Autonomy and integrity
- Appropriate actions and feelings
- The afterlife of Epictetus.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-105738-X
- 0-19-926885-1
- 1-281-94415-7
- 9786611944155
- 0-19-152971-0
- OCLC:
- 70695290
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