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Epictetus: The Discourses and Manual, Together With Fragments of His Writings
The Discourses of Epictetus are a series of extracts of the teachings of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down by Arrian c. 108 AD. There were originally eight books, but only four now remain in their entirety, along with a few fragments of the others. This edition includes the Discourses, and two minor works, the Fragments, and the Manual, also known as the Enchiridion.
438 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 20, 2020
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January 25, 2021
Is there anything better than Epictetus, a man of noble and humble spirit ?
He does not give you a bunch of rules and precepts for living,
He teaches you how to develop Greatness of Soul.
"Would you call a lion who is caged up free?
"Men rear lions as tame creatures and sometimes take them about with them:
yet who would call a lion like that free ? "
"What lion if had sense or reason would choose to be a lion of that sort"
He does not give you a bunch of rules and precepts for living,
He teaches you how to develop Greatness of Soul.
"Would you call a lion who is caged up free?
"Men rear lions as tame creatures and sometimes take them about with them:
yet who would call a lion like that free ? "
"What lion if had sense or reason would choose to be a lion of that sort"
March 25, 2025
lowkey this was so hard to read
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