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Discourses and Selected Writings

Name: Discourses and Selected Writings
ISBN: 9780140449464

Epictetus, Robert Dobbin

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · November 25, 2008

Reading lane: Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism

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Stoic Essentials

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Book Details

Authors: Epictetus, Robert Dobbin
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: November 25, 2008
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism · Ancient Greece
Reading lane: Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism

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Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism
77%
Ancient Greece
75%
Ancient Rome
74%

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Ancient Greece
Ancient Philosophy
Philosophy Writing

About This Book

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...

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