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The Discourses of Epictetus

By P. E. MATHESOM

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Yet the stress on endurance, self-restraint and power of the will to withstand calamity can often seem coldhearted. It is Epictetus, a lame former slave exiled by the Emperor Domitian, who offers by far the most positive and humane version of stoic ideals. «The Discourses», assembled by his pupil Arrian, catch him in action, publicly setting out his views on ethical dilemmas. Committed to communicating with the widest possible audience, Epictetus uses humor, imagery conversations and homely comparisons to put his message across. The result is a perfect universal justice, calm indifference in the face of pain – which have proved so influential throughout Western history.

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Publish dateApr 21, 2017

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1PREFACE: ARRIANUS TO LUCIUS GELLIUS GREETING

2BOOK 1

3CHAPTER 1. ON THINGS IN OUR POWER AND THINGS NOT IN OUR POWER

4CHAPTER 2. HOW ONE MAY BE TRUE TO ONE'S CHARACTER IN EVERYTHING

5CHAPTER 3. WHAT CONCLUSIONS MAY BE DRAWN FROM THE FACT THAT GOD IS FATHER OF MEN

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6CHAPTER 4. ON PROGRESS, OR MORAL ADVANCE

7CHAPTER 5. AGAINST FOLLOWERS OF THE ACADEMY

8CHAPTER 6. ON PROVIDENCE

9CHAPTER 7. ON THE USE OF VARIABLE PREMISSES AND HYPOTHETICAL ARGUMENTS AND THE LIKE 1

10CHAPTER 8. THAT FACULTIES ARE FRAUGHT WITH DANGER FOR THE UNEDUCATED

11CHAPTER 9. HOW ONE MAY DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOD'S KINSMEN

12CHAPTER 10. TO THOSE WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR ENERGIES ON ADVANCEMENT IN ROME

13CHAPTER 11. ON FAMILY AFFECTION

14CHAPTER 12. ON CONTENTMENT

15CHAPTER 13. HOW ONE MAY ACT IN ALL THINGS SO AS TO PLEASE THE GODS

16CHAPTER 14. THAT GOD BEHOLDS ALL MEN

17CHAPTER 15. WHAT PHILOSOPHY PROFESSES

18CHAPTER 16. ON PROVIDENCE

19CHAPTER 18. THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE ANGRY AT MEN'S ERRORS

20CHAPTER 19. HOW ONE SHOULD BEHAVE TOWARDS TYRANTS

21CHAPTER 20. HOW REASON HAS THE FACULTY OF TAKING COGNIZANCE OF ITSELF

22CHAPTER 22. ON PRIMARY CONCEPTIONS 1

23CHAPTER 23. AGAINST EPICURUS

24CHAPTER 24. HOW ONE SHOULD CONTEND AGAINST DIFFICULTIES

25CHAPTER 25. ON THE SAME THEME

26CHAPTER 26. WHAT IS THE LAW OF LIFE

27CHAPTER 27 US: AND THE AIDS WE MUST PROVIDE FOR OURSELVES TO DEAL WITH THEM

28CHAPTER 28. THAT WE MUST NOT BE ANGRY WITH MEN: AND CONCERNING WHAT THINGS ARE SMALL AND WHAT ARE GREAT AMONG MEN

29CHAPTER 29. ON CONSTANCY

30CHAPTER 30. WHAT A MAN SHOULD HAVE READY TO HAND IN THE CRISES OF LIFE

31BOOK 2

32CHAPTER 1. THAT THERE IS NO CONFLICT BETWEEN CONFIDENCE AND CAUTION

33CHAPTER 2. ON PEACE OF MIND

34CHAPTER 3. TO THOSE WHO COMMEND PERSONS TO PHILOSOPHERS

35CHAPTER 4. TO THE MAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY

36CHAPTER 5. HOW A CAREFUL LIFE IS COMPATIBLE WITH A NOBLE SPIRIT

37CHAPTER 6. ON WHAT IS MEANT BY 'INDIFFERENT' THINGS

38CHAPTER 7. HOW TO CONSULT DIVINERS

39CHAPTER 8. WHAT IS THE TRUE NATURE OF THE GOOD

40CHAPTER 9. THAT WE ADOPT THE PROFESSION OF THE PHILOSOPHER WHEN WE CANNOT FULFIL THAT OF A MAN

41CHAPTER 10. HOW THE ACTS APPROPRIATE TO MAN ARE TO BE DISCOVERED FROM THE NAMES HE BEARS

42CHAPTER 11. WHAT IS THE BEGINNING OF PHILOSOPHY

43CHAPTER 12. ON THE ART OF DISCUSSION

44CHAPTER 13. CONCERNING ANXIETY

45CHAPTER 14. ON NASO

46CHAPTER 15. ON THOSE WHO CLING STUBBORNLY TO THEIR JUDGEMENTS

47CHAPTER 16. THAT WE DO NOT PRACTISE APPLYING OUR JUDGEMENTS ABOUT THINGS GOOD AND EVIL

48CHAPTER 17. HOW WE MUST ADJUST OUR PRIMARY CONCEPTIONS TO PARTICULAR THINGS

49CHAPTER 18. HOW WE MUST STRUGGLE AGAINST IMPRESSIONS

50CHAPTER 19. TO THOSE WHO TAKE UP THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PHILOSOPHERS ONLY TO DISCUSS THEM

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