The Encheiridion and Discourses

By: Epictetus

Narrated by: Jonathan Booth

Born into slavery in the first century AD, Epictetus was a leading Greek philosopher of the Stoic school. He spent most of his life in Rome before the Emperor Domitian banished all philosophers from the city in AD 93; his exile then took him to Nicopolis in Greece. His teachings were recorded by his pupil Arrian, who published both the Encheiridion and Discourses. The Discourses, which Arrian claimed to have taken down during lectures he attended, comprised eight books of which we have only four. The Encheiridion (Handbook) is a distillation of the main ideas found in the Discourses. Throughout these works is the strong sense of Stoic philosophy, with its emphasis on self-examination and self-knowledge, being presented as a practical way of living rather than a theoretical code.

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Refreshing

I feel as though this audiobook allows one to depict what life was indignant of during the period of Caesar’s Reign in Greece. The discourses and it’s teachings are that of principles regarding how man ought to behave, think, feel and places great emphasis on rationalizing everyday perceptions and or judgments.

A refreshing book if you are able to really break down that context and apply to the current modern Era. Boring and redundant otherwise if you cannot.

I would 10/10 recommend in today’s society.