Discourses and Selected Writings

AuthorEpictetus
TranslatorRobert Dobbin
EditorRobert Dobbin
Foreword / AfterwordRobert Dobbin
FormatCollection / Anthology
LanguageEnglish
Year2008
PublisherPenguin
CountryUnited Kingdom
Pages400
ISBN978-0140449464
Discourses and Selected Writings

A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE BEING BORN into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus became one of the most influential thinkers of his time. Discourses and Selected Writings is a transcribed collection of informal lectures given by the philosopher around AD 108. A gateway into the life and mind of a great intellectual, it is also an important example of the usage of Koine or ?common? Greek, an ancestor to Standard Modern Greek.

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Contents Introduction Note on the Translation THE DISCOURSES Book I Book II Book III Book IV FRAGMENTS ENCHIRIDION Notes Glossary of Names Further Reading Follow Penguin

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