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Discourses and Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)

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The didactic style of a lecturer offers less practical knowledge compared to the works of Marcus Aurelius or Seneca. If being related to the emperor or any of the other great ones at Rome is enough to live without fear, in privilege and security, shouldn’t having God as our creator, father and defender protect us even more from trouble and anxiety?

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, and leaves an intriguing document of daily life in the classical world. Surely it is more accurate to think of a scale, or a gradation, of things more or less within our power. His personal name, in fact, is unknown; epíktētos is a Greek word which simply means “acquired” – it designates a piece of property. Like Epicurus, Epictetus believed that you had to implement your own philosophy so for his followers it became a quasi-religion.However, individuals are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline.

These times in which we now live demand normal daily functioning, combined with active resistance to viciously regressive political forces, in a chaotic atmosphere of propaganda and violence.If scrutinized enough, a lot of what we hold as fundamental to human happiness may show us a different side. Epictetus also discusses the correct way to evaluate and utilize our impressions and the importance of the will.

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