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Discourses and Selected Writings

By Epictetus , Robert Dobbin

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Year
2008
ISBN
0140449469, 9780140449464
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2282680 bytes)
Series
Penguin Classics
Edition
1
Pages
304\0
Time added
2014-10-23 20:43:33

Description

A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopherDESPITE 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 Modern Greek.

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