Discourses and Selected Writings

ISBN-13:	9781731705952
Publisher:	Simon & Brown
Publication date:	11/15/2018
Pages:	194
Sales rank:	189,437
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.45(d)

A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopherDespite 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 ancestor to Standard Modern Greek.