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Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 ce in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Once freed, he established an influential school of Stoic philosophy, stressing that human beings cannot control life, only their responses to it. By putting into practice the ninety-three... Read Full Overview

Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 ce in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Once freed, he established an influential school of Stoic philosophy, stressing that human beings cannot control life, only their responses to it. By putting into practice the ninety-three... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Epictetus was for former Roman slave and great Stoic philosopher whose talks have been admired for more than 1500 years. Destined to be a rediscovered in the tradition of The Art of War and Baltasar Gracian's The Art of Worldly Wisdom. A Manual for Living presents the essence... Read Full Overview

From the Introduction: "Stoic philosophy, of which Epictetus (c. a.d. 50-130) is a representative, began as a recognizable movement around 300 b.c. Its founder was Zeno of Cytium (not to be confused with Zeno of Elea, who discovered the famous paradoxes). He was born in Cyprus... Read Full Overview

The Manual for Living of Epictetus is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian, a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus.For many centuries, the Enchiridion maintained its authority both with Christians and Pagans. Two Christian writers--Nilus... Read Full Overview

The Enchiridion is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian, a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus. For many centuries, the Enchiridion maintained its authority both with Christians and Pagans.Eschewing metaphysics, Arrian focused his attention... Read Full Overview

Equiridion es un manual filos fico de las ense anzas del fil sofo estoico Epicteto. Llega a nosotros gracias a el disc pulo Lucio Flavio Arriano. Seg n el testimonio de Arrio, cuando escuchaba a Epicteto: "...cualquier cosa que dec a, yo tomaba nota de su forma de pensar y de... Read Full Overview

Epicteto foi um conferencista que n?o deixou escritos filos?ficos. Felizmente, os aspectos principais de sua filosofia foram preservados para as gera??es futuras por um de seus dedicados alunos, o historiador Fl?vio Arriano. Arriano transcreveu meticulosamente em grego um... Read Full Overview

Perennial wisdom on how best to live with serenity and joy in a thoroughly contemporary and delightfully pragmatic new adaptation. "Wise as a grandfather, earthly as the Tao."-- Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

Who says life has no handbook? The Enchiridion is a short handbook of advicefor living a good ife compiled by Arrian, a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus. Epictetus taught that philosophy is a way of life and not just a theoretical discipline. This edition,... Read Full Overview

The Greek philosopher Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 CE in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. While still a slave, Epictetus was brought to Rome and sent by his master Epaphroditus to study under the Stoic philosopher Gaius Musonius Rufus.

Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 CE in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Once freed, he established an influential school of Stoic philosophy, stressing that human beings cannot control life, only their responses to it. By putting into practice the ninety-three... Read Full Overview

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"No man is free who is not master of himself."

The Enchiridion or 'Manual' of Epictetus is a short but powerful book of Stoic ethical advice from the 2nd-century Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus. The... Read Full Overview

The Enchiridion, or "Handbook," is a summary of the teachings of the slave-turned-Stoic philosopher Epictetus (first century A.D.) posthumously compiled and published by one of Epictetus's students. Though brief, this work is universally considered to be the living spirit of... Read Full Overview