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  • The Essential Stoic: The Most Important Writings from the Masters of Stoicism

    The Essential Stoic: The Most Important Writings from the Masters of Stoicism - Paperback

    The Essential Stoic: The Most Important Writings from the Masters of Stoicism - Paperback

    By Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Seneca

About Epictetus

Epictetus (c. AD 55-135) was a teacher and Greco-Roman philosopher. Originally a slave from Hierapolis in Anatolia (modern Turkey), he was owned for a time by a prominent freedman at the court of the emperor Nero. After gaining his freedom he moved to Nicopolis on the Adriatic coast of Greece and opened a school of philosophy there. His informal lectures (Discourses) were transcribed and published by his student Arrian, who also composed a digest of Epictetus's teaching known as the Manual (or Enchiridion).