Epictetus

Epictetus was a Stoic philosopher whose teachings emphasized how people respond to events beyond their control. His ideas survive through writings recorded by his student Arrian and through later translations and interpretations.

Books by Epictetus

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Epictetus

Epictetus asks how a person can remain free when the body, possessions, status, and circumstances are vulnerable to others. This summary follows his answer: examine appearances, govern desire and assent, accept providential order, fulfill human roles, and turn philosophy into practiced conduct.

7 chapters

The Art of Living

Epictetus & Sharon Lebell

The Art of Living recasts Stoic teaching as a practical question: what can a person govern when events, loss, status, and other people remain outside control? Its answer links clear judgment, disciplined desire, virtue, and humane duty to a steadier, freer way of acting in ordinary life.

6 chapters