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Authors: Epictetus, P. E. Matheson
ISBN-13: 9780486434438, ISBN-10: 0486434435
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: May 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Epictetus

Book Synopsis

In this compilation of Books 3 and 4 of Epictetus' Discourses — the second of a two-volume set — the philosopher discusses the quest for freedom, the nature of solitude, cynicism, fear, discretion, the avoidance of quarrels, and other subjects of enduring interest and concern.

Book 3	Discourses
Chapter 1.	On Adornment	1
Chapter 2.	(1) In what matters should the man who is to make progress train himself: and (2) That we neglect what is most vital	6
Chapter 3.	What is the material with which the good man deals: and what should be the object of our training	8
Chapter 4.	Against one who was indecorously excited in the theater	10
Chapter 5.	Against those who make illness an excuse for leaving the lecture-room	11
Chapter 6.	Scattered sayings	13
Chapter 7.	Dialogue with the Commissioner of the Free Cities, who was an Epicurean	14
Chapter 8.	How we should train ourselves to deal with impressions	17
Chapter 9.	To a Rhetor going up to Rome for a trial	18
Chapter 10.	How one should bear illnesses	20
Chapter 11.	Scattered sayings	22
Chapter 12.	On training	22
Chapter 13.	What a "forlorn" condition means, and a "forlorn" man	24
Chapter 14.	Scattered sayings	26
Chapter 15.	That we should approach everything with consideration	27
Chapter 16.	That we must be cautious in our social relations	29
Chapter 17.	Concerning Providence	30
Chapter 18.	That we must not allow news to disturb us	31
Chapter 19.	What is the difference between the philosopher and the uneducated man	32
Chapter 20.	That benefit may be derived from all outward things	32
Chapter 21.	To those who undertake the profession of teacher with a light heart	34
Chapter 22.	On the calling of the Cynic	36
Chapter 23.	To those who read and discourse for display	46
Chapter 24.	That we ought not to spend our feelings on things beyond our power	51
Chapter 25.	To those who fail to achieve what they set before them	61
Chapter 26.	To those who fear want	62
Book 4	Discourses
Chapter 1.	On Freedom	67
Chapter 2.	On intercourse with men	85
Chapter 3.	What to aim at in exchange	86
Chapter 4.	To those whose heart is set on a quiet life	87
Chapter 5.	To those that are contentious and brutal	92
Chapter 6.	To those who are distressed at being pitied	95
Chapter 7.	On freedom from fear	99
Chapter 8.	To those who hastily assume the character of Philosophers	104
Chapter 9.	To one who was modest and has become shameless	108
Chapter 10.	What things we should despise, and what we should deem important	109
Chapter 11.	On cleanliness	112
Chapter 12.	On attention	116
Chapter 13.	To those who lightly communicate their secrets	117

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