Discourses (Books 3 and 4)

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ISBN: 9780486434438 | 0486434435
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Copyright: 5/20/2004

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The ne plus ultra of Stoicism, Epictetus' Discourses outline clear-cut principles of right conduct, offering secular thinkers a mode of reasoning that dismisses the strictures of absolutism and emotionalism in exchange for a more peaceful and productive life. In this compilation of Books 3 and 4 of the 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.

Discourses: Book Three

On Adornment

(5)

In what matters should the man who is to make progress train himself: and That we negleet what is most vital

(2)

What is the material with which the good man deals: and what should be the object of our training

(2)

Against one who was indecorously excited in the theater

(1)

Against those who make illness an excuse for leaving the lecture-room

(2)

Scattered sayings

(1)

Dialogue with the Commissioner of the Free Cities, who was an Epicurean

(3)

How we should train ourselves to deal with impressions

(1)

To a Rhetor going up to Rome for a trial

(2)

How one should bear illnesses

(2)

Scattered sayings

(1)

On training

(2)

What a ``forlorn'' condition means, and a ``forlorn'' man

(2)

Scattered sayings

(1)

That we should approach everything with consideration

(2)

That we must be cautious in our social relations

(1)

Concerning Providence

(1)

That we must not allow news to disturb us

(1)

What is the difference between the philosopher and the uneducated man

(1)

That benefit may be derived from all outward things

(2)

To those who undertake the profession of teacher with a light heart

(2)

On the calling of the Cynic

(10)

To those who read and discourse for display

(5)

That we ought not to spend our feelings on things beyond our power

(10)

To those who fail to achieve what they set before them

(1)

To those who fear want

(5)

Discourses: Book Four

On Freedom

(18)

On intercourse with men

(1)

What to aim at in exchange

(1)

To those whose heart is set on a quiet life

(5)

To those that are contentious and brutal

(3)

To those who are distressed at being pitied

(4)

On freedom from fear

(5)

To those who hastily assume the character of Philosophers

104

(4)

To one who was modest and has become shameless

108

(1)

What things we should despise, and what we should deem important

109

(3)

On cleanliness

112

(4)

On attention

116

(1)

To those who lightly communicate their secrets

117

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