
Category: Humanities
Tags: classics, nonfiction, Writing
Authors: Epictetus, Robert F. Dobbin (Translator)
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Self Help
Publisher: Penguin Classics
A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE BEING BORN into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus became one of the most influential thinkers of his time. Discourses and Selected Writings is a transcribed collection of informal lectures given by the philosopher around AD 108. A gateway into the life and mind of a great intellectual, it is also an important example of the usage of Koine or ? common? Greek, an…