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Paperback Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 27-53 Book

ISBN: 1472557360

ISBN13: 9781472557360

Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 27-53

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The Enchiridion or Handbook of the first-century AD Stoic Epictetus was used as an ethical treatise both in Christian monasteries and by the sixth-century pagan Neoplatonist Simplicius. Simplicius chose it for beginners, rather than Aristotle's Ethics, because it presupposed no knowledge of logic. We thus get a fascinating chance to see how a pagan Neoplatonist transformed Stoic ideas. The text was relevant to Simplicius because...

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