Epictetus Epictetus

'The Handbook'

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No writings of Epictetus himself are really known. His discourses were transcribed and compiled by his pupil Arrian (author of the Anabasis Alexandri). The main work is The Discourses, four books of which have been preserved (out of an original eight). Ar

'The Enchiridion'

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What if the peace you seek did not depend on the world, but on yourself? Nearly two thousand years ago, the philosopher Epictetus gathered in this brief manual everything we need to live with calmness, clarity, and inner strength. The Enchiridion is a sim