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Epictetus' Discourses: Book 3
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Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (54–68 CE ) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92 he settled permanently in Nicopolis in Epirus. There, in a school which he called... read more
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Once, when he was visited by a young student of rhetoric whose hair was somewhat too elaborately dressed, and whose attire in general was highly embellished, Epictetus said: Tell me if you do not think that some dogs are beautiful,and some horses, and so every other creature.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 2 in Epictetus' Discourses. (standard series)
This is book 218 of 42 in Loeb Classical Library. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Epictetus (Creator)
Other Contributors:
- Lucius Flavius Arrianus (Transcriber) - Arrian claims to not have composed the words of Epictetus in the usual way, instead having written down word for word what Epictetus said.
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 170
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Ethics & Morality
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Greek & Roman
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics › Greek
- Books › History › Ancient › Greece
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