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Open Philosophy LibraryLetter To Menoeceus
Letter To Menoeceus
Epicurus' Letter to Menoeceus offers a concise guide to happiness through philosophy. It challenges fear of divine punishment and death, distinguishes necessary desires from groundless ones, and explains pleasure as…
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Open Philosophy LibraryA Selection From The Discourses Of Epictetus
A Selection From The Discourses Of Epictetus
This volume gathers sixty-eight selected Discourses of Epictetus in George Long's translation, excluding the separately published Enchiridion. Through direct teaching, argument and example, the selections examine agency, freedom, desire, providence,…
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The Enchiridion
The Enchiridion is Epictetus' compact handbook of Stoic practice, compiled by his student Arrian in the early second century CE. Across fifty-one Roman-numbered sections in Thomas Wentworth Higginson's translation, it…
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The Epistles Of Seneca
The Epistles of Seneca contains all 124 Moral Letters to Lucilius in Richard Mott Gummere's translation. Written around 62-65 CE, the collection examines time, friendship, mortality, wealth, pain, retirement, virtue…
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Of Leisure
In the fragmentary dialogue Of Leisure, Seneca asks whether a Stoic may withdraw from political life while remaining useful to humanity. Across eight surviving sections, he distinguishes idleness from contemplative…
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On Tranquillity Of Mind
In On Tranquillity of Mind, Serenus asks Seneca how to overcome a restless wavering between simplicity and luxury, public service and retirement, modest writing and ambition. Across seventeen sections, Seneca…
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Fragments Of Epictetus
The Fragments of Epictetus collect 181 surviving sayings and reports outside the Discourses and Enchiridion. In George Long's 1890 translation, they explore freedom of the will, moderation, wealth, appetite, providence,…
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