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Discourses (Books 1 and 2),9780486434421
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Discourses (Books 1 and 2)


Author(s): Epictetus
ISBN10:  0486434427
ISBN13:  9780486434421
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  5/17/2004
Publisher(s): Dover Publications

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SummaryTable of Contents
The ne plus ultra of Stoicism, Epictetus’s Discourses outline clear-cut principles of right conduct and true thinking, offering secular thinkers a mode of reasoning that dismisses the strictures of absolutism and emotionalism in exchange for a more peaceful and productive life. The Discourses report discussions between Epictetus and his students. These informal but earnest exchanges cover a broad range of topics—friendship, illness, fear, the quest for tranquility, and the futility of anger—as the teacher guides his class through careful consideration of the Stoic conception and realization of the philosophic life. This compilation of Books 1 and 2 of Epictetus’s work is the first of a two-volume set. Elizabeth Carter translation.
INTRODUCTION
Epictetus and His Age
vii
Epictetus and Stoicism
x
Psychology of Epictetus
xvi
Psychology of Conduct
xvii
Ethical Principles
xix
A Note on the Text
xxiv
DISCOURSES: BOOK ONE
Preface: Arrianus to Lucius Gellius: Greeting
1(2)
Chapter 1. On things in our power and things not in our power
3(3)
Chapter 2. How one may be true to one's character in everything
6(3)
Chapter 3. What conclusions may be drawn from the fact that God is Father of men
9(1)
Chapter 4. On progress, or moral advance
10(2)
Chapter 5. Against followers of the Academy
12(1)
Chapter 6. On Providence
13(3)
Chapter 7. On the use of variable premises and hypothetical arguments and the like
16(3)
Chapter 8. That faculties are fraught with danger for the uneducated
19(1)
Chapter 9. How one may draw conclusions from the fact that we are God's kinsmen
20(3)
Chapter 10. To those who have spent their energies on advancement in Rome
23(1)
Chapter 11. On family affection
24(3)
Chapter 12. On contentment
27(3)
Chapter 13. How one may act in all things so as to please the gods
30(1)
Chapter 14. That God beholds all men
31(1)
Chapter 15. What philosophy professes
32(1)
Chapter 16. On Providence
33(1)
Chapter 17. That the processes of logic are necessary
34(2)
Chapter 18. That we should not be angry at men's errors
36(3)
Chapter 19. How one should behave towards tyrants
39(2)
Chapter 20. How reason has the faculty of taking cognizance of itself
41(1)
Chapter 21. To those who wish to be admired
42(1)
Chapter 22. On primary conceptions
43(2)
Chapter 23. Against Epicurus
45(1)
Chapter 24. How one should contend against difficulties
46(2)
Chapter 25. On the same theme
48(2)
Chapter 26. What is the law of life
50(2)
Chapter 27. On the ways in which impressions come to us: and the aids we must provide for ourselves to deal with them
52(2)
Chapter 28. That we must not be angry with men: and concerning what things are small and what are great among men
54(3)
Chapter 29. On constancy
57(5)
Chapter 30. What a man should have ready to hand in the crises of life
62(1)
DISCOURSES: BOOK TWO
Chapter 1. That there is no conflict between confidence and caution
63(3)
Chapter 2. On peace of mind
66(2)
Chapter 3. To those who commend persons to philosophers
68(1)
Chapter 4. To the man caught in adultery
69(1)
Chapter 5. How a careful life is compatible with a noble spirit
70(2)
Chapter 6. On what is meant by "indifferent" things
72(3)
Chapter 7. How to consult diviners
75(1)
Chapter 8. What is the true nature of the good
76(2)
Chapter 9. That we adopt the profession of the philosopher when we cannot fulfil that of a man
78(2)
Chapter 10. How the acts appropriate to man are to be discovered from the names he bears
80(2)
Chapter 11. What is the beginning of Philosophy
82(3)
Chapter 12. On the art of discussion
85(2)
Chapter 13. Concerning anxiety
87(2)
Chapter 14. On Naso
89(3)
Chapter 15. On those who cling stubbornly to their judgements
92(2)
Chapter 16. That we do not practice applying our judgements about things good and evil
94(4)
Chapter 17. How we must adjust our primary conceptions to particular things
98(4)
Chapter 18. How we must struggle against impressions
102(2)
Chapter 19. To those who take up the principles of the philosophers only to discuss them
104(3)
Chapter 20. Against followers of Epicurus and of the Academy
107(4)
Chapter 21. Concerning inconsistency of mind
111(2)
Chapter 22. On Friendship
113(4)
Chapter 23. On the faculty of expression
117(4)
Chapter 24. To one whom he did not think worthy
121(3)
Chapter 25. How the art of reasoning is necessary
124(1)
Chapter 26. What is the distinctive character of error
124

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