Name: The Art of Living
Rating: 3.866666666666667 (15 reviews)
ISBN: 9780062513465

Epictetus

Sharon Lebell Epictetus

Updates the teachings of Epictetus into modern language and provides insights on behaviors relating to happiness, contentment, and peace.

The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness

The Art of Living

Ethan Hussong

A fantastic summary of The Manual / The Handbook. This translation was excellently done and I found very easy to read and understand. This is an exceptional approach to living life and without a doubt the most excellent book I have read this year despite being very short and to the point. It's inspired me to start digging into the source text for a deeper understanding and has started to become my morning "bible study".

the classic manual on virtue, happiness, and effectiveness

The art of living

Kim Tyo-Dickerson

A companion for me while with my dying mother late last year. It encourages us to be stoic, to look for the peaceful decision in a grief-filled time, to keep to the goal of staying calm as everything descends into chaos. This book was and continues to be a comfort and helps keep me centered in the midst of change and loss.

Safiya 

Mays

Sharon Lebell

Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 ce in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Once freed, he established an influential school of Stoic philosophy, stressing that human beings cannot control life, only their responses to it. By putting into practice the ninety-three witty, wise, and razor-sharp instructions that make up The Art of Living, readers learn to meet the challenges of everyday life successfully and to face life's inevitable losses and disappointments with grace.

The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness

Art of Living

Clare Robnett

Celine Nguyen ✿

Epictetus Epictetus

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, entitled the Enchiridion, or Handbook. In a preface to the Discourses, addressed to Lucius Gellius, Arrian states that "whatever I heard him say I used to write down, word for word, as best I could, endeavouring to preserve it as a memorial, for my own future use, of his way of thinking and the frankness of his speech."

The Art of Living The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness

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