Author:
Lucretius Carus, Titus. Humphries, Rolfe. Long, George, 1800-1879. Mackenna, Stephen, 1872-1934. Page, B. S. (Bertram Samuel)
Pub Date:
1990
Call Number
808 GRE V. 11
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Books
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Author:
Epictetus, author. Long, A. A., translator, writer of introduction. Epictetus. Manual. Selections. English. Epictetus. Discourses. Selections. English.
ISBN:
9780691177717
Summary:
"Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison ... Freedom, for Epictetus, is not a human right or a political prerogative but a psychological and ethical achievement, a gift that we alone can bestow on ourselves ... How to Be Free features splendid new translations and the original Greek on facing pages, a compelling introduction that sets Epictetus in context and describes the impor
Pub Date:
2018
Call Number
188 EPI 2018
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Books
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Author:
Epictetus. Dobbin, Robert, translator, editor.
ISBN:
9780140449464
Summary:
"Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis 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 h
Pub Date:
2008
Call Number
188 EPI 2008
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Books
Author:
Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977. Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc.
ISBN:
9780852291634
Pub Date:
1955 1952
Call Number
808 GRE V. 50
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