Discourses of Epictetus
by Epictetus (recorded by Arrian)
The full lectures from which the Enchiridion was distilled: four surviving books of a freed slave teaching young Romans how to be free. Conversational, blunt and much richer than the handbook.
Read it if…
you have read the Enchiridion and want the full teacher.
Skip it if…
you want brevity; this is the long form.
Three things you will actually use
- Freedom is wanting what is in your power.
- Difficulties show what men are.
- Practise on small things first.
Do this first
Read Book 1, chapter 1, then jump to whichever chapter title names your current problem.
Our verdict
The full teacher.
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