{"product_id":"discourses-fragments-handbook-oxford-worlds-classics","title":"Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford Worlds Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'About things that are within our power and those that are not.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpictetus'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehave 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 practice and to use them as a basis for leading a good human life. Epictetus was a teacher, and a freed slave, whose discourses have a vivid informality, animated by anecdotes and dialogue. Forceful, direct, and challenging, their central message is that the basis of happiness is up to us, and that we all have the capacity, through sustained reflection and hard work, of achieving this goal. They still speak eloquently to modern readers seeking meaning in their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the only complete modern translation of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e, together with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor manual of key themes, and surviving fragments. Robin Hard's accurate and accessible translation is accompanied by Christopher Gill's full introduction and comprehensive notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is expertly read and engineered by Peter Coates. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePLEASE NOTE: The audiobook includes a supplemental PDF. It will be provided on purchase.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":46893232521389,"sku":"9781648376085","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/9134\/1997\/files\/Discourses_Fragments_Handbook_FC.jpg?v=1784819764","url":"https:\/\/www.echopointbooks.com\/products\/discourses-fragments-handbook-oxford-worlds-classics","provider":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}