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By Epictetus
Introduction by Robert Dobbin
Edited by Robert Dobbin
Translated by Robert Dobbin
Notes by Robert Dobbin

By Epictetus
Introduction by Robert Dobbin
Edited by Robert Dobbin
Translated by Robert Dobbin
Notes by Robert Dobbin

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About Discourses and Selected Writings

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.

About 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… More about Epictetus

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Category: Philosophy | Classic Nonfiction | Ancient World History

Paperback | $18.00
Published by Penguin Classics
Nov 25, 2008 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780140449464

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Table Of Contents

EpictetusIntroduction
Further Reading
Note on the Translation

The Discourses
Fragments
Enchiridion

Glossary of Names
Notes

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