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Epictetus, Robert Dobbin, Robert Dobbin, Robert Dobbin

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      The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion'I must die. But must I die bawling?'Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive exactly what is in our power to change and what is not, and in embracing our fate to live in harmony with god and nature. In this personal, practical guide to the ethics of Stoicism and moral self-improvement, Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, illness and fear, family, friendship and love.Translated and Edited with an Introduction by Robert Dobbin
      CONTRIBUTORS: Epictetus, Robert Dobbin, Robert Dobbin, Robert Dobbin EAN: 9780140449464 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 224 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-08-28 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Essays WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Literary essays, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

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      Epictetus (c. 55–135 AD) was a teacher and Greco-Roman philosopher. Originally a slave from Hierapolis in Anatolia (modern Turkey), he was owned for a time by a prominent freedman at the court of the emperor Nero. After gaining his freedom he moved to Nicopolis on the Adriatic coast of Greece and opened a school of philosophy there. His informal lectures (the Discourses) were transcribed and published by his student Arrian, who also composed a digest of Epictetus' teaching known as the Manual (or Enchiridion).

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      The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion'I must die. But must I die bawling?'Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive exactly what is in our power to change and what is not, and in embracing our fate to live in harmony with god and nature. In this personal, practical guide to the ethics of Stoicism and moral self-improvement, Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, illness and fear, family, friendship and love.Translated and Edited with an Introduction by Robert Dobbin
      CONTRIBUTORS: Epictetus, Robert Dobbin, Robert Dobbin, Robert Dobbin EAN: 9780140449464 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 224 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-08-28 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Essays WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Literary essays, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

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      Epictetus (c. 55–135 AD) was a teacher and Greco-Roman philosopher. Originally a slave from Hierapolis in Anatolia (modern Turkey), he was owned for a time by a prominent freedman at the court of the emperor Nero. After gaining his freedom he moved to Nicopolis on the Adriatic coast of Greece and opened a school of philosophy there. His informal lectures (the Discourses) were transcribed and published by his student Arrian, who also composed a digest of Epictetus' teaching known as the Manual (or Enchiridion).

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