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 /5(K). Discourses and Selected Writings. Epictetus. Read Time. 4-minutes. Rating. Epictetus would say that there were two vices much blacker and more serious than the rest: lack of persistence and lack of self-control. The former means we cannot bear or endure hardships that we have to endure, the latter means that we cannot resist pleasures or. He is the translator and editor of Epictetus's Discourses and Selected Writings for Penguin Classics, as well as an author of articles on Virgil, Plato, and Pythagoras. He works as a book editor in Northern California. --This text refers to the paperback edition/5(1K).
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Discourses and Selected Writings Penguin classics: Author: Epictetus: Publisher: Penguin UK. 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 Discourses of Epictetus: Book Summary, Key Lessons and Best Quotes. Wisdom. Discourses by Epictetus is a work that only survived thanks to a student named Arrian, who’s credited with transcribing the lessons he learned in Epictetus’ classroom at the beginning of the second century AD. Arrian wrote in a letter prior to the Discourses’ publishing, “whatever I used to hear him say I wrote down, word for word, as best I could, as a record for later use of his thought and frank expression.
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