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The discourses of Epictetus

Epictetus

  • 452 pages · about 8 hours
  • First published 1800
  • 27 editions
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Good for readers who want: Stoic philosophy, philosophy, and a long read.

  • Stoics
  • Philosophy
  • Ancient Philosophy
  • Conduct of life
  • Stoa

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Died 135

Epictetus ( EH-pick-TEE-təss; Ancient Greek: Ἐπίκτητος, Epíktētos; c. 50 – c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, in western Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, after which he spent the rest of his life in Nicopolis in northwestern Greece.

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