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A Field Guide to a Happy Life
by Massimo Pigliucci
Pigliucci rewrites Epictetus' Enchiridion for the twenty-first century, updating the metaphysics while keeping the practice. Short and useful.
Read it if…
you want Epictetus modernized.
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Skip it if…
you want the original text.
Try instead: The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism →
Three things you will actually use
- Some things are up to us.
- Update the physics, keep the ethics.
- Practice daily.
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Read the fifty-three new sections.
Our verdict
Epictetus updated.
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