Epictetus is known as one of the great Stoic thinkers. But he took the life and conversation of Socrates as his educational model. His Socratic allegiance, scarcely examined before, is a major theme of this ground-breaking book. Long shows how Epictetus offered his students a way of life premised on the values of personal autonomy and integrity/5(44). · The philosophy of Epictetus, a freed slave in the Roman Empire, has been profoundly influential on Western thought: it offers not only stimulating ideas but practical guidance in living one's life. A. A. Long, a leading scholar of later ancient philosophy, gives the definitive presentation of the thought of Epictetus for a broad readership/5(11). Long, A. A., Department of Classics, University of California, Berkeley Epictetus A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life Print ISBN , Contents Preface ix Citations and Abbreviations xii Anthology of Excerpts xiii Introduction 1 1. Epictetus in his Time and Place 7 2. The Discourses 38 3. The Socratic Paradigm 67 4.
Introduction. The philosopher Epictetus (b. c. d. c. CE) came originally from Hierapolis in Asia Minor and became a slave in Rome under Epaphroditus, one of Nero's www.doorway.ru attended the lectures of the Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus in Rome, at some point gained his freedom, and initially lectured in Rome but fled in the wake of Domitian's ban against philosophers (c. Find books like Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life from the world's largest community of readers. Goodreads members who liked Epictetus: A Sto. The most eminent scholars in the field, Professor Susanne Bobzien, and Professor Anthony A. Long, don't agree that Epictetus was a compatibilist. (And neither do I.) I quote Professor Long, from his groundbreaking study, "Epictetus, A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life", page
Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life. A. A. Long, Epictetus: a Stoic and Socratic guide to life. Oxford: Clarendon Press, xiv, pages ; 22 cm. ISBN $ A.A. Long is an authoritative source on Stoicism in general and Epictetus in particular. This book is cited in the bibliography of every book on Stoicism that I have come across. I would say that The Inner Citadel and Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life give one a strong foundation in living a Stoic life. Find books like Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life from the world’s largest community of readers. Goodreads members who liked Epictetus: A Sto.
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