{"product_id":"discourses-books-12-by-epictetus-9780674991453","title":"Discourses, Books 1–2","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (54–68 CE) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92, he settled permanently in Nicopolis in Epirus. There, in a school which he called 'healing place for sick souls', he taught a practical philosophy. Details of his teachings were recorded by Arrian, a student of his, and survive in four books of \u003cem\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/em\u003e and a smaller \u003cem\u003eEncheiridion\u003c\/em\u003e, a handbook which briefly presents the chief doctrines of the \u003cem\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/em\u003e. He apparently lived into the reign of Hadrian (117–138 CE).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEpictetus was a teacher of Stoic ethics, broad and firm in method, sublime in thought, and by turns humorous, sad, or severe in spirit. How should one live righteously? Our god-given will is our paramount possession, and we must not covet others'. We must not resist fortune. Man is part of a system; humans are reasoning beings (in feeble bodies) and must conform to god's mind and the will of nature. Epictetus presents us with a vivid picture of the perfect (Stoic) man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of \u003cem\u003eDiscourses, Books 1–2\u003c\/em\u003e by Epictetus is available in two volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558916047084,"sku":"9780674991453","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674991453-discourses-books-1-2.jpg?v=1776921491","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/discourses-books-12-by-epictetus-9780674991453","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}