--- product_id: 8847219 title: "Discourses, Books 3–4. Fragments. The Encheiridion" price: "AR$135204" currency: ARS in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/8847219-discourses-books-3-4-fragments-the-encheiridion store_origin: AR region: Argentina --- # Discourses, Books 3–4. Fragments. The Encheiridion **Price:** AR$135204 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Discourses, Books 3–4. Fragments. The Encheiridion - **How much does it cost?** AR$135204 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.ar](https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/8847219-discourses-books-3-4-fragments-the-encheiridion) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description From slave to sage. Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero’s reign (AD 54–68) 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 that he called “healing place for sick souls” he taught a practical philosophy, details of which were recorded by Arrian, a student of his, and survive in four books of Discourses and a smaller Encheiridion , a handbook that gives briefly the chief doctrines of the Discourses . He apparently lived into the reign of Hadrian (AD 117–138). Epictetus was a teacher of Stoic ethics, broad and firm in method, sublime in thought, and now humorous, now 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 also with a pungent picture of the perfect (Stoic) man. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Epictetus is in two volumes. Review: Part II of best edition available today. - This is the second of the two volume Loeb Classical Library edition of Epictetus' Discourses, with Greek and W. A. Oldfather's English translation on facing pages. For those who have no intgerest in the Greek, purchasing this volume may seem like a bit of overkill when compared with inexpensive reprints such as the one from NuVision Publications (September 19, 2006). As someone who bought the reprint first, I must tell you I tried to use it once and was immediately disappointed. Just as with my copies of Homer, Plato, Aristotle, and practically every other classic author, I rarely read them or parts of them from start to finish. Rather, I look up sections when I find references to them in commentaries on, for example, parts of the Old or New Testaments. In order to find the appropriate passage, one must use the established section and paragraph numbering. Unfortunately, this numbering is entirely missing from the reprint, which I have donated to my nearest library after receiving my Loeb copies. These little gems cost about four times the reprint, but for that, you get a book you will be proud to own, and even show off a bit on your bookshelf, plus a great little commentary on the Discourses, as well as the 'Fragments' and 'The Encheiridion', a summary of Epictetus thoughts by his secretary, Arrian. The reprint has none of this and, for the third time, I suggest it is less than useless, as it gives the illusion of value, and you will be disappointed when you find it missing. Review: Essential Classics - I lost these books in a move. I reordered them. I can't live without them. I have never found better advice for liviing happily and usefully than I get from the Stoics. This includes the essays of Montaigne. I use the books for daily reminders, The general idea is to live according to one's own self-interest -- rightly understood. Rightly understood, it is in our own self-interest to be healthy, honest, a good neighbor, and to faithfully assume our responsibilies without complaint. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #293,401 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #194 in Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism (Books) #510 in Ancient Greek & Roman Philosophy #892 in Philosophy of Ethics & Morality | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 87 Reviews | ## Images ![Discourses, Books 3–4. Fragments. The Encheiridion - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61D07OLrCkL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Part II of best edition available today. *by B***D on December 25, 2007* This is the second of the two volume Loeb Classical Library edition of Epictetus' Discourses, with Greek and W. A. Oldfather's English translation on facing pages. For those who have no intgerest in the Greek, purchasing this volume may seem like a bit of overkill when compared with inexpensive reprints such as the one from NuVision Publications (September 19, 2006). As someone who bought the reprint first, I must tell you I tried to use it once and was immediately disappointed. Just as with my copies of Homer, Plato, Aristotle, and practically every other classic author, I rarely read them or parts of them from start to finish. Rather, I look up sections when I find references to them in commentaries on, for example, parts of the Old or New Testaments. In order to find the appropriate passage, one must use the established section and paragraph numbering. Unfortunately, this numbering is entirely missing from the reprint, which I have donated to my nearest library after receiving my Loeb copies. These little gems cost about four times the reprint, but for that, you get a book you will be proud to own, and even show off a bit on your bookshelf, plus a great little commentary on the Discourses, as well as the 'Fragments' and 'The Encheiridion', a summary of Epictetus thoughts by his secretary, Arrian. The reprint has none of this and, for the third time, I suggest it is less than useless, as it gives the illusion of value, and you will be disappointed when you find it missing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Essential Classics *by J***S on April 27, 2014* I lost these books in a move. I reordered them. I can't live without them. I have never found better advice for liviing happily and usefully than I get from the Stoics. This includes the essays of Montaigne. I use the books for daily reminders, The general idea is to live according to one's own self-interest -- rightly understood. Rightly understood, it is in our own self-interest to be healthy, honest, a good neighbor, and to faithfully assume our responsibilies without complaint. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a need to know book *by D***N on August 2, 2021* this is an excellent book. on one side in Greek an the other in English. excellent, just excellent! ## Frequently Bought Together - Epictetus: Discourses, Books 3-4. The Encheiridion. 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