Discourses and Selected Writings by Epictetus

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Author: Epictetus
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Published on Dec 02, 2025 | 416 Pages

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A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher

Despite being born into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus became one of the most influential thinkers of his time. Discourses and Selected Writings is a transcribed collection of informal lectures given by the philosopher around AD 108. A gateway into the life and mind of a great intellectual, it is also an important example of the usage of Koine or “common” Greek, an ancestor to Standard Modern Greek.

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Epictetus

Epictetus (c. AD 55–135) was a teacher and Greco-Roman philosopher. Originally a slave from Hierapolis in Anatolia (modern Turkey), he was owned for a time by a prominent freedman at the court of the emperor Nero. After gaining his freedom he moved to Nicopolis on the Adriatic coast of Greece and opened a school of philosophy there. His informal lectures (Discourses) were transcribed and published by his student Arrian, who also composed a digest of Epictetus’s teaching known as the Manual (or Enchiridion).

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By EpictetusIntroduction by Robert DobbinEdited by Robert DobbinTranslated by Robert DobbinNotes by Robert Dobbin

By EpictetusCover Design or Artwork by Coralie Bickford-SmithIntroduction by Robert DobbinEdited by Robert DobbinTranslated by Robert DobbinNotes by Robert Dobbin

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