Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (AD 54-68) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92, he settled permanently in Nicopolis in Epirus. There, in a school that he called "healing place for sick souls" he taught a practical philosophy, details of which were recorded by Arrian, a student of his,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
ISBN:0674992407
ISBN13:9780674992405
Release Date:January 1928
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:576 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 4.5" x 6.9"
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Condition: New
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