Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 ce in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Once freed, he established an influential school of Stoic philosophy, stressing that human beings cannot control life, only their responses to it. By putting into practice the ninety-three witty, wise, and razor-sharp instructions that make up The Art of Living, readers learn to meet the challenges of everyday life successfully and to face life's inevitable losses and disappointments with grace.

Contains The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion

'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 AD. 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 embracing our fate to live in harmony with god and nature. In this personal, practical guide to the ethics of Stoicism and moral self-improvement, Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, illness and fear, family, friendship and love.

Translated and Edited with an Introduction by Robert Dobbin

• Metaphysics by Aristotle
• Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
• On Sophistical Refutations by Aristotle
• On Youth And Old Age, On Life And Death, On Breathing by Aristotle
• Politics by Aristotle
• On the Heavens by Aristotle
• On the Soul by Aristotle
• On Generation and Corruption by Aristotle
• The Categories by Aristotle
• The History of Animals by Aristotle
• Poetics by Aristotle
• The Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus
• The Suppliants by Aeschylus
• Agamemnon by Aeschylus
• The Persians by Aeschylus
• Choephori by Aeschylus
• The Eumenides by Aeschylus
• Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus
• The Argonautica by Apollonius
• Cupid and Psyche by Apuleius
• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
• The Golden Sayings of Epictetus by Epictetus
• The Discourses of Epictetus by Epictetus
• Enchiridion by Epictetus
• The Trojan Women by Euripides
• Iphigenia At Aulis by Euripides
• The Cyclops by Euripides
• Alcestis by Euripides
• Andromache by Euripides
• Heracles by Euripides
• The Iliad by Homer
• The Syrian Goddess by Lucian
• A True Story by Lucian
• The Works of Lucian of Samosata by Lucian
• The Mimes of the Courtesans by Lucian
• Of the Nature of Things by Lucretius
• The Love Books by Ovid
• Metamorphoses by Ovid
• The Satyricon by Petronius
• The Seventh Letter by Plato
• The Statesman by Plato
• Laws by Plato
• Philebus by Plato
• The Apology by Plato
• Critias by Plato
• Crito by Plato
• Euthyphro by Plato
• Timaeus by Plato
• Euthydemus by Plato
• Parmenides by Plato
• The Republic by Plato
• Symposium by Plato
• Theaetetus by Plato
• The Six Enneads by Plotinus
• Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch
• The Golden Verses of Pythagoras by Pythagoras
• The Poems of Sappho by Sappho
• On the Shortness of Life by SENECA
• On Benefits by SENECA
• Dialogues by SENECA
• The Trachiniae by Sophocles
• Ajax by Sophocles
• Antigone by Sophocles
• The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
• The Eclogues by Virgil

“The condition and characteristic of an uninstructed person is this: he never expects from himself profit (advantage) nor harm, but from externals. The condition and characteristic of a philosopher is this: he expects all advantage and all harm from himself.” - Epictetus, Enchiridion

Know how to live without using your emotions, guided only by the mind. Learn how to see the mundane, how to approach situations that may or may not be in your direct control. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes and most importantly, don’t be afraid to change. This is what stoicism is all about.
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In this personal and practical guide to moral self-improvement and living a good life, the second-century philosopher Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, stubbornness and fear, family, friendship and love, and leaves an intriguing document of daily life in the classical world.

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