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Greek-speaking philosopher Epictetus was born into slavery around 55 AD at Hierapolis in the ancient Kingdom of Phrygia, which today is located in the city of Pamukkale, Turkey. He lived in Rome until his banishment from the city, after which he would spend the rest of his life in the Northwestern Greek city of Nicopolis. Epictetus was one of the most prominent of the stoic philosophers. Stoicism was the school of philosophy that taught detach...

Excerpt from Epictetus, Vol. 1 of 2: The Discourses and Manual, Together With Fragments of His Writings, Translated With Introduction and Notes When the doctrine that might is right is being once more asserted by the armed forces of absolutism it may not be inopportune to recall to men's minds the words of one who preached unceasingly the supremacy and independence of the spirit of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds...

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Excerpt from Selections From Epictetus This little volume, which contains about one-fifth of the whole of Epictetus, is de signed to bring together the most useful and striking passages in a form convenient for ready use. It cannot give all the best in so small com pass, but those who miss favorite passages must remember that it is difficult to choose where so much is good, and yet so large a portion must be rejected for want of space. The nu...

Excerpt from Epictetus, His Morals, With Simplicius His Comment: Made English From the Greek Another time, there came a Man to him, ahd in great Pallion threw himfelf at his Feet, complain ing mol't heavily of his hard Fortune, and what Di firefs he was reduced to, declaring, that now, our of all his Efiate, he had not above a hundred and fifty thoufand Crowns left, [to which Epaphroditus replied, not by way of Raillery, as any other Ma an. ...

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Excerpt from Discourses of Epictetus: SelectionsThe date of his birth and death are um known, but it is claimed by some that he returned to Rome in the reign of Hadrian, in which case he must have lived to an extreme old age.Three topics are mentioned by Epic tetus upon which the whole of the Stoic philosophy was based: the Desires and Aversions, the Pursuits and Avoidances, and the Assents of the understanding.The Desires and Aversions were s...

Excerpt from The Christianity of Stoicism, or Selections From Arrian's Discourses of Epictetus It was this Sect alone that made citi zens, this alone that made great men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the wo...

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From the Introduction: "Stoic philosophy, of which Epictetus (c. a.d. 50--130) is a representative, began as a recognizable movement around 300 b.c. Its founder was Zeno of Cytium (not to be confused with Zeno of Elea, who discovered the famous paradoxes). He was born in Cyprus about 336 b.c., but all of his philosophical activity took place in Athens. For more than 500 years Stoicism was one of the most influential and fruitful philosophical ...

Epictetus (c.55-c.135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He focused more on ethics than the early Stoics had. The influence of Epictetus continues today.

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