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Epictetus, a Greek stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicropolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. Together with the Enchiridion, a manual of his main ideas, and the fragments collected here, The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive exactly what is in our power to change and what is not, and in embracing our fate to live in harmony with god and nature.

The Enchiridion is the famous manual of ethical advice given in the second century by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus. Born to a Greek slave, Epictetus grew up in the environment of the Roman Empire and, having been released from bonds of slavery, became a stoic in the tradition of its originators, Zeno (third Century BCE) and Seneca (first century CE).

Das Handbüchlein der Moral von "Epiktet" - exklusiv in einer deutsch-englischen Ausgabe! Ungekürzt! The "Enchiridion" by Epictetus - in an exclusive German-English edition! Unabridged!

"Nicht die Dinge an sich beunruhigen den Menschen, sondern seine Sicht der Dinge!" Der Grieche Epiktet (ca. 50-130) lebte in Rom und war einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der späten stoischen Philosophie. Das "Handbüchlein der Moral", auch "Encheiridion", war sein bekanntestes Werk und fand in der Spätantike als Trostbuch eine starke Verbreitung. Der Wille sei so zu gebrauchen, dass Harmonie mit dem Weltlauf erreicht wird.