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Discourses and Selected Writings Paperback - 2008 - 1st Edition
by Epictetus; Robert Dobbin (Editor); Introduction by Robert Dobbin
A new translation of the influential teachings of the greatStoic philosopher
DESPITE BEING BORN into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus becameone of the most influential thinkers of his time. Discourses and Selected Writings is a transcribedcollection of informal lectures given by the philosopher around AD 108. A gatewayinto the life and mind of a great intellectual, it is also an important example of the usage ofKoine or 'common' Greek, an ancestor to Standard Modern Greek.
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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 philosopher around AD 108. A gateway into the life and mind of a great intellectual, it is also an important example of the usage of Koine or ?common? Greek, an ancestor to Standard Modern Greek.
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 philosopher around AD 108. A gateway into the life and mind of a great intellectual, it is also an important example of the usage of Koine or ?common? Greek, an ancestor to Standard Modern Greek.
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- Title Discourses and Selected Writings
- Author Epictetus; Robert Dobbin (Editor); Introduction by Robert Dobbin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London
- Date 2008-11-25
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780140449464 / 0140449469
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.78 x 5.16 x 0.74 in (19.76 x 13.11 x 1.88 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Ethics, Stoics
- Dewey Decimal Code 188
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- Christian Century, 10/14/2015, Page 36
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