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The Enchiridion & Discourses
- Narrated by: Haward B. Morse
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
The Enchiridion is the famous manual of ethical advice given in the second century by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus.
Born to a Greek slave, Epictetus grew up in the environment of the Roman Empire and, having been released from bonds of slavery, became a Stoic in the tradition of its originators, Zeno (third Century BCE) and Seneca (first century CE).
Epictetus didn't leave a formal written legacy, but his pupil, Arrian, collected his teachings, and posterity now has The Enchiridion and The Discourses. The first is a short compilation of Stoical precepts - how to live an ethical life. It is essentially about everyday life, and it maintained its popularity throughout the succeeding centuries, on par with the other principal concise Stoic document from the Roman period, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - who had clearly read it.
The Enchiridion is presented here as the translation by Thomas W. Higginson. The Discourses, a much longer text again compiled by Arrian, contains a more comprehensive view of the teachings of Epictetus. The Discourses is translated by George Long.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-01-18
Eternal wisdom, exciting performance
Engaging, inspiring, earthly, funny... Epictetus can give you great insights, skills and determination to change your life for the better, even if you don't agree with everything he says.
The text might be old, but our life problems are pretty much the same, so the lessons feel as contemporary and relevant as ever!
The audiobook performance is just stunning!
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- clemfandango69
- 10-01-19
Ancient wisdom for modern living.
Great audiobook chock-full of Stoic wisdom. Very well narrated. Stoic philosophy (unlike much of philosophy) is practical philosophy of life; as useful today as it was when it was first written.
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- Sam
- 01-05-21
Discourses need updated translation
Enchiridion is excellent. The discourses however, which make ip 95% of this collection, I find impossible to consume due to awkward outdated translation. Long sentences with archaic English are not well suited to audio. Performance of both is really excellent.
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- H MCGAHAN
- 07-12-20
The Enchiridion is worth the price on its own
Addictively moreish and salivatingly insightful, where have you been all my life? Treat yourself to the best.
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- Amazon Kunde
- 18-10-20
beautiful Information
very nice Information, so many years ago but nothing has really changed. beautiful widom. enjoyed it
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- Tony
- 30-06-19
A cogent statement of stoic principles
Epictetus is rightly named as one of the prominent ancient stoics. One criticism - his writing style is somewhat repetitive.
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- Mark Dana Floden
- 26-03-21
This is life changing stuff
I loved this book. one of my favorites so far.
I wish that I had read it as a youth.
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- Stephen
- 29-01-21
pretty decent
I'm not massive on religion but it's all essential learning , besides opinions od a religious person are not to be dismissed by a non religious person purely based on that fact.
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- Richard Fox
- 25-03-24
Phenomenal
Life changing. No overstatement. Simply a necessary work for a person to read over in my humble opinion.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-01-24
Great book for everyone
a guide book for your soul learn to keep your head clean from bad thoughts
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