Discourses and Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)

This collection contains The Discourses, Fragments, and Enchiridion of Epictetus, a Greek Stoic philosopher and freed slave who taught at a philosophy school in Nicopolis during the early second century AD. His lectures were recorded by his student Arrian and are known for their rhetorical style. The Discourses present Epictetus's core argument: happiness comes from understanding what lies within our power to change and what does not, and from accepting fate to live in accordance with god and nature. The work serves as a practical guide to Stoic ethics and moral development, addressing freedom and captivity, illness and fear, as well as family, friendship, and love. Translated and edited by Robert Dobbin.