The Discourses of Epictetus: The Handbook, Fragments (Epictetus)(Paperback)

Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Epictetus)(Paperback)

'About things that are within our power and those that are not.' Epictetus' Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They set out the core ethical principles of Stoicism in a form designed to help people put them into

The Discourses of Epictetus: The Handbook, Fragments (Epictetus)(Paperback)

For centuries, Stoicism was virtually the unofficial religion of the Roman world The stress on endurance, self-restraint, and power of the will to withstand calamity can often seem coldhearted. It is Epictetus, a lame former slave exiled by Emperor Domitian, who offers by far the most precise and

The Enchiridion of Epictetus (Epictetus Epictetus)(Paperback)

No writings of Epictetus himself are really known. His discourses were transcribed and compiled by his pupil Arrian (author of the Anabasis Alexandri). The main work is The Discourses, four books of which have been preserved (out of an original eight). Arrian also compiled a popular digest,

Discourses, Books 3-4. Fragments. the Encheiridion (Epictetus)(Pevná vazba)

Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (54-68 CE) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92 he settled permanently in Nicopolis in Epirus. There, in a school which he called

Handbook (The Encheiridion) (Epictetus)(Paperback / softback)

Discourses and Selected Writings (Epictetus)(Paperback)

A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE 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

A Manual for Living (Epictetus)(Paperback)

Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold as a child and crippled from the beatings of his master, Epictetus was eventually freed, rising from his humble roots to establish an influential school of Stoic philosophy. Stressing that human beings

The Role Ethics of Epictetus: Stoicism in Ordinary Life (Johnson Brian E.)(Paperback)

The Role Ethics of Epictetus: Stoicism in Ordinary Life offers an original interpretation of Epictetus's ethics and how he bases his ethics on an appeal to our roles in life. Epictetus believes that every individual is the bearer of many roles from sibling to citizen and that individuals are

Discourses, Books 1-2 (Epictetus)(Pevná vazba)

Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (54-68 CE) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92 he settled permanently in Nicopolis in Epirus. There, in a school which he called

The Epictetus Club (Traylor Jeff)(Paperback)

How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Epictetus)(Pevná vazba)

A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world's leading authorities on Stoic philosophyBorn a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In

Manual on the Art of Living (Epictetus Tristan K.)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of precepts that together provide a powerful philosophy for daily life. With practical grace and wisdom, the Manual addresses living with integrity, self-management, and personal freedom. The Manual is considered to be the pinnacle of Stoic

Of Human Freedom (Epictetus)(Paperback / softback)

A practical guide to moral self-improvement and living a good life. It tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, stubbornness and fear, family, friendship and love, and leaves an intriguing document of daily life in the classical

Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI (Dubber Markus)(Paperback)

This volume tackles a quickly-evolving field of inquiry, mapping the existing discourse as part of placing current developments in historical context; at the same time, breaking new ground in taking on novel subjects and pursuing fresh approaches. The term A.I. is used to refer to a broad range of

Fragments of the Lost (Miranda Megan)(Paperback / softback)

Fragments (Heraclitus)(Paperback)

Fragments of wisdom from the ancient world In the sixth century b.c.-twenty-five hundred years before Einstein--Heraclitus of Ephesus declared that energy is the essence of matter, that everything becomes energy in flux, in relativity. His great book, On Nature, the world's first coherent

A Meditator's Life of the Buddha: Based on the Early Discourses (Analayo Bhikkhu)(Paperback)

Analayo offers an inspiring biography of the Buddha based on the early discourses and focusing on his meditative development and

The Balkan Express: Fragments from the Other Side of the War (Drakulic Slavenka)(Paperback)

Mahasatipatthana Sutta: The Great Discourse on the Establishing of Awareness (Buddha Gotama)(Paperback)

This sutta is the primary discourse in which the Buddha describes the practice of meditation in detail. This translation of the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta has Roman-script Pāli with an English translation on facing pages as well as an introductory article and detailed footnotes explaining Pali

The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI (Dubber Markus D.)(Pevná vazba)

This volume tackles a quickly-evolving field of inquiry, mapping the existing discourse as part of a general attempt to place current developments in historical context; at the same time, breaking new ground in taking on novel subjects and pursuing fresh approaches. The term 'A.I.' is used to refer

A Lover's Discourse: Fragments (Barthes Roland)(Paperback)

A Lover's Discourse, at its 1978 publication, was revolutionary: Roland Barthes made unprecedented use of the tools of structuralism to explore the whimsical phenomenon of love. Rich with references ranging from Goethe's Werther to Winnicott, from Plato to Proust, from Baudelaire to Schubert, A

On the Mystical Life - The Ethical Discourses (Symeon The New TheologianSaint)(Paperback / softback)

The second of a three-volume set translating St Symeon's 'The Ethical Discourses' into English. The text asserts that 'Apatheia', or 'dispassion', the ancient term for freedom from sinful passion, denotes the real possibility of a transfigured

Poetics - with the Tractatus Coislinianus, reconstruction of Poetics II, and the fragments of the On Poets (Aristotle)(Paperback / softback)

Heraclitus: The Cosmic Fragments (Heraclitus (of Ephesus ))(Paperback)

This work provides a text and an extended study of those fragments of Heraclitus' philosophical utterances whose subject is the world as a whole rather than man and his part in it. Professor Kirk discusses fully the fragments which he finds genuine and treats in passing others that were generally