Discourses and Selected Writings
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- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2026
Summary
Master Your Fate: The Wisdom of Epictetus
‘I must die. But must I die bawling?’
Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis in the early second century CE. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive exactly what is in our power to change and what is not, and in embrac…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241764060 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241764068 |
| Series: | Penguin Pocket Hardbacks |
| Author: | Epictetus, Robert Dobbin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 750g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 107mm x 40mm |
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Epictetus
Epictetus (c. 55–135 CE) was a teacher and Stoic philosopher. Originally a slave from Hierapolis in Anatolia (modern Turkey), he moved to Nicopolis on the Adriatic coast of Greece after gaining his freedom and opened a school of philosophy there. His informal lectures (the Discourses) were transcribed and published by his student Arrian, who also composed a digest of Epictetus’ teaching known as the Manual (or Enchiridion). Late in life Epictetus retired from teaching, adopted an orphan child and lived out his remaining years in domestic obscurity. His influence has been deep and enduring, from Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations to the contemporary psychologist Albert Ellis, who has acknowledged his debt to Epictetus in devising the school of Rational-Emotive Behavioural Therapy.
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