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Handbook (Encheiridion)
Epictetus
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Description for Handbook (Encheiridion)
Translator(s): White, N. P. Num Pages: 35 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
From the Introduction: "Stoic philosophy, of which Epictetus (c. a.d. 50–130) is a representative, began as a recognizable movement around 300 b.c. Its founder was Zeno of Cytium (not to be confused with Zeno of Elea, who discovered the famous paradoxes). He was born in Cyprus about 336 b.c., but all of his philosophical activity took place in Athens. For more than 500 years Stoicism was one of the most influential and fruitful philosophical movements in the Graeco-Roman world. The works of the earlier Stoics survive only in fragmentary quotations from other authors, but from the Renaissance until well into ... Read more
From the Introduction: "Stoic philosophy, of which Epictetus (c. a.d. 50–130) is a representative, began as a recognizable movement around 300 b.c. Its founder was Zeno of Cytium (not to be confused with Zeno of Elea, who discovered the famous paradoxes). He was born in Cyprus about 336 b.c., but all of his philosophical activity took place in Athens. For more than 500 years Stoicism was one of the most influential and fruitful philosophical movements in the Graeco-Roman world. The works of the earlier Stoics survive only in fragmentary quotations from other authors, but from the Renaissance until well into ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
29
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872200494
SKU
V9780872200494
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About Epictetus
Nicholas P. White is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Utah.
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