Manual on the art of living
By: Epictetus ; translated by P.E. Matheson ; with an introduction by Tristan K. Husby
Edition: Bilingual edition.
Series: Pocket Greek Library
Publisher: Aiora Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Athens, Greece
Language: eng; grc
Translated from: grc
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9786185048709
Subjects: Ancient Ethics; Conduct of life; Early works to 1800; Philosophy
Other titles: Art of living
Description: Of all existing things, some are in our power, and others are not in our power. So begins the Enchiridion or Manual on the Art of Living of Epictetus, a collection of precepts that together provide a powerful philosophy for daily life. With practical grace and wisdom, the Manual addresses living with integrity, self-management, and personal freedom. The Manual is considered to be the pinnacle of Stoic philosophy, a school of Greek thought originating in the early third century BC, that holds that destructive emotions are the result of errors in judgement and taught an active relationship between individual will and cosmic determinism.
Notes: Text in English and Greek.